Zohran Mamdani says ICE agents in construction vests with long guns looked almost like a mass shooter

Zohran MamdaniMayor of New York City, in an interview on MS NOW

Mayor Zohran Mamdani told MS NOW that a federal agency shot at a moving vehicle in broad daylight while its agents wore construction vests and used long guns, leaving New Yorkers in terror, and that it felt like almost looking at a mass shooter rather than someone representing a federal agency.

“We are talking about a federal agency that shot at a moving vehicle in broad daylight while its agents were wearing construction vests, using long guns, and left New Yorkers in terror ... It feels as if you're almost looking at a mass shooter as opposed to seeing someone who's purportedly representing a federal agency”

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Open source (opens in a new tab)Plainclothes ICE agent with long gun looked like mass shooter, Mayor Mamdani says (Gothamist)Paragraphs quoting Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Sunday interview with MS NOW and describing the review he and Commissioner Tisch will conduct.

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Open source (opens in a new tab)Mayor Mamdani blasts ICE over last week's shooting in NYC (CBS News New York)Paragraphs on Mamdani's Sunday morning MS NOW interview and the review with Commissioner Tisch.
An NYPD officer stands near vehicles and bystanders at the Marble Hill shooting scene.
Credit: New York City Police Department body-worn camera footage

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.

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Plainclothes ICE agent with long gun looked like mass shooter, Mayor Mamdani says (Gothamist) (opens in a new tab)Paragraphs quoting Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Sunday interview with MS NOW and describing the review he and Commissioner Tisch will conduct.

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Gothamist report of October 11, 2026 on Mamdani's MS NOW interview about the Marble Hill shooting.

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Mayor Mamdani blasts ICE over last week's shooting in NYC (CBS News New York) (opens in a new tab)Paragraphs on Mamdani's Sunday morning MS NOW interview and the review with Commissioner Tisch.

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CBS News New York report of October 11, 2026 on Mamdani's MS NOW interview.

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Before the quotation

Mamdani spoke on Sunday morning, in an interview with MS NOW.

After the quotation

Mamdani said President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin had asked him to have the NYPD detain Belgal, that he asked on what warrant, and that he and Commissioner Jessica Tisch would review the 24 hours starting with the shooting.

How this statement is classified

Condemned

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. Mamdani says the agency "shot at a moving vehicle in broad daylight" and "left New Yorkers in terror", and that the scene looked almost like "a mass shooter", which rejects the shooting and the agents' conduct as unjustified, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged characterization, because he also disputes how the agents presented themselves; it loses because he condemns the shooting and the agents' conduct itself.

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