Joe Scarborough says "an amped-up federal agent sprayed bullets" at a car on a residential street
Joe ScarboroughHost of Morning Joe on MS NOW, speaking on air
On Morning Joe on MS NOW, Joe Scarborough said that every other law enforcement agency in America would have gotten the man out of the car peacefully, and that DHS does not want to talk about why a federal agent fired into a car on a crowded residential street at school pickup time. He said the issue was not whether immigration law should be enforced but whether enforcement gives anyone a license to keep gambling with the lives of 5-year-old children.
“how every other law enforcement agency in America would have gone in and gotten that man peacefully out of the car ... they don't want to talk about why an amped-up federal agent sprayed bullets in the direction of a car on a crowded street in a residential area at school pickup time.”
Reporting

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. At a press conference on October 9, ICE's Marcos Charles said the man accelerated into two ICE vehicles and toward other officers, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the agents feared for their lives. A federal judge later barred ICE from removing the man from the country or moving him outside New York and New Jersey while his habeas corpus petition proceeds.
Source and context
Reporting
About this source
MS NOW report of October 9, 2026 on Joe Scarborough's remarks about the Marble Hill shooting on Morning Joe.
Before the quotation
The shooting took place the afternoon before. DHS had said in a post on X that its officers were trying to arrest a man from the Dominican Republic with a prior conviction for grand larceny.
After the quotation
Scarborough went on to say that ICE's conduct would be looked back upon as a dark chapter in American history, and he criticized Republican lawmakers for their part in the president's immigration crackdown.
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. Scarborough says every other law enforcement agency would have gotten the man out of the car peacefully and that DHS avoids explaining why "an amped-up federal agent sprayed bullets" at a car on a crowded street, which rejects the shooting as unjustified, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, because he also attacks DHS's framing; he gives his own verdict on the shooting, so it loses.
- Recorded on
- Published here
More from this case
Read the full caseHochul, at the governor debate, says of the shooting "That's not how you conduct yourself. ICE is out of control."
“he'd be fine if ICE agents shoot into cars, shoot guns into vehicles not knowing who's inside, and could have killed a five-year-old child ... That's not how you conduct yourself. ICE is out of control.”Read statement
Blakeman, asked at the governor debate about ICE's tactics, says the shooting "never would have happened but for your sanctuary policy"
“the question that New Yorkers have to ask is what was this guy doing in New York in the first place? It's because Kathy Hochul has made us a sanctuary state. ... Kathy Hochul has taken that ability away from us. That's why things like this happen. ... it never would have happened but for your sanctuary policy.”Read statement
Former ICE official Scott Mechkowski says whether the man was "using his car as a weapon" decides the case
“A vehicle driven at an officer is a deadly weapon, and I taught officers to treat it that way. ... DHS hasn’t yet said what that officer saw in that moment. That question decides this case: was the man behind the wheel using his car as a weapon against an officer? The footage will answer it.”Read statement
Share or embed this statement
The embed keeps its attribution link to The Dispute Index. Credit the image to The Dispute Index and link to the statement page.
Cite this record
- Publisher
- The Dispute Index
- Title
- Joe Scarborough says "an amped-up federal agent sprayed bullets" at a car on a residential street
- First published
- Last updated
- Permalink
- https://disputeindex.com/events/5347-on-morning-joe-on-ms-now-joe-scarborough
Last updated marks the most recent saved version of this published statement.
The Dispute Index. "Joe Scarborough says "an amped-up federal agent sprayed bullets" at a car on a residential street". First published: 2026-10-09. Last updated: 2026-10-09. https://disputeindex.com/events/5347-on-morning-joe-on-ms-now-joe-scarborough