Video shows migrant suspect trying to flee as ICE agents surround car before NYC shooting

New video captures the moment a suspected illegal migrant tried to flee ICE agents in The Bronx moments before one of them shot him.

Oscar Belgal, 28, can be seen hurriedly peeling out of a parking spot in Marble Hill Thursday as two federal agents in plainclothes approach the front left side of his gray Honda CR-V with guns drawn, with one punching and smashing the glass of the driver’s side window.

Agents soon caught up with Belgal — described by the feds as a “criminal illegal alien” from the Dominican Republic with potential gang ties — and one of them fired several shots in the street, out of view of the security cameras.

A video grab captures the moment Oscar Belgal tried to flee ICE agents in the Marble Hill section of The Bronx, New York, leading to a shooting on Thursday. New York City Police Department
Oscar Belgal, 28, can be seen hurriedly peeling out of a parking spot in Marble Hill Thursday as two federal agents in plainclothes approach the front left side of his gray Honda CR-V with guns drawn. New York City Police Department
Heart-pounding bodycam footage shows the moments NYPD cops rushed the suspected migrant gang member shot by ICE to the hospital in their own vehicle. via REUTERS

Several bystanders can be seen dropping to the ground as the shots ring out out of frame at around 4 p.m., according to the footage obtained by The Post Friday.

Belgal was shot in the neck and was expected to recover, authorities said.

His 5-year-old son was with him in the backseat of the SUV, though the Department of Homeland Security said agents were not aware of that at the time. The boy was not injured.


Here’s the latest on the Bronx ICE shooting:


NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted the CCTV footage at a Thursday night press conference, saying it captured the car “move forward” after two plainclothed ICE agents approached it, but that the “cameras do not capture the discharge.”

Suspect Oscar Belgal was shot by ICE officers during an operation in New York City. DHS
A bullet hole seen in the windshield of a car at the scene of a shooting involving ICE in The Bronx on Thursday. REUTERS

“Members of the NYPD’s 50th Precinct Conditions Team were responding to an unrelated call nearby when they heard the report of shots fired, and they responded to that scene,” she told reporters.

“When they arrived, they encountered several men in various forms of attire, including some in construction-style vests, face masks and at least one carrying a long gun,” she said.

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

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