
ICE shooting in New York prompts Mamdani to contact Trump
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani asked the president Donald Trump end “all ICE enforcement actions in our city” Thursday night after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man in Manhattan, according to the New York Police Department.
Shortly after 4 p.m., ICE agents fatally shot the man in the Marble Hill neighborhood of northern Manhattan, according to the police department and a social media post from the mayor, who condemned the incident and said he contacted Asset. Initial reports were that officers surrounded the man and a 5-year-old child in a car before shooting several times, according to the mayor.
“This is an unacceptable and incredibly serious situation,” the mayor said. written the. “I have called the president; when we speak, I will demand that he end all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand idly by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.”
Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec said the mayor was unable to reach the president as of 8 p.m. Thursday.
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