Mamdani says "There is no explanation for these tactics" after the Marble Hill shooting
Zohran MamdaniMayor of New York City, at a press conference near the scene
At a press conference near the scene, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said there is no explanation for federal officers firing this many rounds into a car with a five-year-old in it. He asked how it keeps anyone safe to have individuals in construction vests and masks with long guns, whom residents cannot identify as law enforcement.
“There is no explanation for these tactics. There is no explanation for federal officers firing this many rounds into a car that has a five-year-old in the car. There is no explanation. ... How is it keeping everyone safe to have, as you just heard from the police commissioner, individuals wearing construction vests in masks with long guns. Residents have no idea if these are law enforcement agents or if they are simply attacking someone on the street. ... There is no explanation for this.”
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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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Mediaite report of October 8, 2026 that transcribes Mayor Zohran Mamdani's remarks at a press conference near the shooting scene and his answer about his message to the President.
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Mamdani spoke late Thursday, hours after the shooting, alongside NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, whom he refers to in the remarks.
After the quotation
Asked about his message to the President, Mamdani said he made clear to the president and the secretary his request that ICE agents leave the scene entirely and that ICE stop its enforcement actions in New York City, Mediaite reported.
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Why this label?
The reference point is whether the ICE officer was justified in shooting the man in the car. Mamdani says there is no explanation for federal officers firing this many rounds into a car with a five-year-old in it, which rejects the shooting as justified, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, which would fit a dispute with DHS's account of a targeted arrest; he rejects the firing itself and the tactics.
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