Pierina Sanchez calls ICE agents "reckless" after the Marble Hill shooting
Pierina SanchezNew York City Council member for the 14th District, quoted by Gothamist
Council Member Pierina Sanchez, who represents the area, told Gothamist that ICE agents are terrorizing communities and are reckless, and that she wants them out. She said she had heard reports that agents fired through a car's windshield, that as many as seven shots were heard and that a child was in the car; Gothamist did not independently verify those reports.
“They're terrorizing our communities ... They're reckless. We want them out of here.”
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Where this statement fits
Was ICE justified in shooting a man in a car in Marble Hill?
On October 8, 2026, an ICE officer shot a man in a car near Marble Hill Avenue and West 225th Street in Marble Hill, a neighborhood the NYPD placed in the Bronx and ABC News and The Intercept placed in upper Manhattan. DHS said ICE officers were conducting a targeted operation in the Bronx to arrest a man from the Dominican Republic with a prior grand larceny conviction and multiple prior arrests, and that an officer discharged his weapon during the incident. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said early reports indicated agents surrounded the man and his 5-year-old child in the car before firing multiple rounds. The NYPD said it was not involved and that the man was conscious at a hospital. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch later said evidence at the scene indicates at least one ICE agent discharged seven rounds, striking the driver in the neck. As of October 9, DHS had not said what prompted the officer to fire.
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About this source
Gothamist report of October 8, 2026 with quotes from Council Member Pierina Sanchez, a witness and Target, and a summary of the DHS statement and of the October 5 letter about ICE staging in a West 225th Street parking lot.
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Sanchez told Gothamist the shooting happened near West 225th Street and Marble Hill Avenue.
After the quotation
Sanchez and seven other elected officials had written on October 5 asking Target and Kingsbridge Associates to bar ICE from using the parking lot at 40 West 225th Street as a staging area.
How this statement is classified
The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is whether the ICE officer was justified in shooting the man in the car. Sanchez calls the agents reckless and says they are terrorizing communities after reports that they fired into a car with a child inside, which rejects the shooting as justified, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, which would fit a call for an investigation without a judgment; she asks for the agents to leave and states no condition.
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The Dispute Index. "Pierina Sanchez calls ICE agents "reckless" after the Marble Hill shooting". First published: 2026-10-09. Last updated: 2026-10-09. https://disputeindex.com/events/5263-council-member-pierina-sanchez-who-represents-the-area