Anti-ICE protesters, cops clash outside NYC hospital where wounded ‘criminal migrant’ recovering after an agent shot him

Anti-ICE protesters clashed with the NYPD Thursday night outside a Bronx hospital where a “criminal illegal” migrant was being treated after he was shot in the neck by a federal agent.

About 300 demonstrators gathered outside NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to get “off our streets” after the agent-involved shooting in the Marble Hill neighborhood earlier in the day.

A scene is pictured near West 225th St and Marble Hill Ave on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, after a man was shot by ICE agents during an enforcement operation. The man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and a 5-year-old child who was in the vehicle with him was unharmed. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post

“From Palestine to Mexico, all these walls have got to go,” the group chanted.

“We want ICE off our streets. No justice, no peace,” they bellowed.

Tensions were high and at one point the anti-ICE mob and police got into a shoving match of sorts, according to footage.

Federal agents gather at a crime scene in the Marble Hill section of the Bronx, New York, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, after a person was shot during an encounter involving federal immigration agents. According to the New York City Police Department, no officers were involved in the shooting. Obtained by the NY Post
A car reportedly belonging to a man who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during an operation is seen on Thursday, October 8, 2026, in the Bronx borough of New York. AFP via Getty Images

Officers were trying to keep the protesters at bay with barricades when the agitators grabbed ahold of one of the barriers and pushed back.

A brief struggle ensued and at least one protesters was arrested in the chaos.

While things were heated outside the hospital, inside, the 28-year-old man from the Dominican Republic, with reported ties to the Trinitarios, was recovering after an ICE agent shot him during “a targeted enforcement operation,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.

Sources told The Post a 5-year-old boy was inside the same car as the man when he was shot.

A man was shot by ICE agents during an enforcement operation on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, near West 225th St and Marble Hill Ave. The man was in a vehicle with a 5-year-old child, who was unharmed, and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post

The migrant has “a prior criminal conviction for grand larceny, and multiple prior arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs, and weapons possession,” the DHS said in a statement.

“This criminal illegal alien was arrested by the NYPD on December 7, 2023, but was released into the community a few days later by reckless Democrat sanctuary policies that put American lives at risk,” the statement read.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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