Page T26From§Eachthe evening edition — 9 October 2026
THE THIRD TIME
As it ran on the front
Thursday, 4 p.m., Marble Hill. A federal immigration agent fires into a car on a crowded Bronx street. A five-year-old is in the back seat. The driver, 28, survives and is taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Allen. Within hours the Department of Homeland Security has a label for it: a "targeted enforcement operation." Mayor Mamdani calls it unconscionable, says the boy is physically unharmed, and announces he will ask the president to pull ICE out of the city. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stands next to him at the podium and confirms only that the investigation is ongoing. DHS, separately, adds that the man is Dominican, has a prior conviction, and has gang ties — the file that always arrives faster than the ambulance did.
Go back three days, to October 6. Same word, different city. The Guardian reports that Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen, has sued the federal government over a shooting that happened a year earlier in Chicago: she says a Customs and Border Protection agent fired into her car from behind. CBP's answer, on the record, is that its use-of-force cases are "thoroughly investigated, reviewed, and presented." Prosecutors had first charged Martinez with using her own vehicle as a weapon. That charge is gone. The lawsuit is what's left.…
…(cont) Go back five more days, to October 1. The family of Renee Good — killed by immigration agents in January, in Minneapolis — files two federal lawsuits, against the agent who shot her and against several of the administration's top officials. Wrongful death. Her partner and her brother are the plaintiffs now, not the agency.
Three cities. Three statements. Each one issued as though it were the only one that had ever been necessary to issue. A bystander shot from behind in Chicago is not connected, DHS would say, to a woman killed in Minneapolis, which is not connected to a five-year-old in the back seat of a car in the Bronx. Each file gets its own case number, its own press line, its own promise of review — and each promise is, so far, a lawsuit, filed by the family, not a finding, issued by the agency. Nothing in any of the three statements mentions the other two. That omission is not an oversight three times running. It is the only thing the agency has actually been consistent about.
“Three shootings, three cities, six weeks — and every single time the agency calls it the first time. That's not a coincidence, that's a script, and the script works because nobody above the agent ever has to say "pattern" out loud. The kid in the back seat doesn't get a press release about him; he gets a mayor on a podium saying "physically unharmed" like that's the whole story.”
“Look, every one of these is under review, that's how the system is supposed to work — you don't convict the agency in the newspaper. And can we talk about who was in that car? DHS says prior conviction, gang ties — I'm not saying that justifies a gunshot near a five-year-old, I would never say that, forget I said that. The point is each incident stands on its own facts, and three isolated incidents are still three isolated incidents, that's just math.”
The receipts
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
ICE Agent Shoots Man During Arrest Attempt in New York NeighborhoodThe man was in a car with a 5-year-old in the back seat when he was shot and wounded, the authorities said. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Trump administration was “terrorizing our city.”
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said a 5-year-old child was in the car at the time of the shooting. DHS said that an immigration officer fired his weapon during a “targeted enforcement operation.”
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
ICE agent shoots man in New York City with five-year-old reportedly in carPolice say man taken to hospital and mayor says child physically unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ act A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and injured a man in New York City on Thursday afternoon during an enforcement operation, federal officials said. The man was conscious and hospitalized, authorities said…
The UN torture rapporteur found direct-contact electric shock gloves 'incompatible with the absolute prohibition of torture' - ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on them ABC10 San Diego / UN Special Rapporteur finding, August 2026
Anti-ICE protesters, cops clash outside NYC hospital where wounded ‘criminal migrant’ recovering after an agent shot himAbout 300 demonstrators gathered outside NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to get “off our streets.”
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
US citizen alleges immigration agent in Chicago shot her from behindCBP says in response to lawsuit use-of-force cases are ‘thoroughly investigated, reviewed, and presented’ A US citizen who was shot one year ago by a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent during a sweeping immigration crackdown in Chicago filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Monday, alleging the agent lied about the…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded President Donald Trump release the man shot and injured by an ICE agent on Thursday in an incident that set off protests across New York City.
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
New York mayor to ask Trump for ICE withdrawal after agents shoot man in car with childNew York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he will ask US President Donald Trump to remove ICE from the city after federal immigration agents on Thursday shot a man in a vehicle with his five-year-old child during an attempted arrest. The 28-year-old survived and is being treated at hospital.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he will “demand” that President Donald Trump end all immigration operations in New York City following the latest officer-involved shooting. The mayor’s statement came hours after an individual was shot by federal law enforcement in a Bronx neighborhood around 4 p.m.
The UN torture rapporteur found direct-contact electric shock gloves "incompatible with the absolute prohibition of torture" - ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on them ABC10 San Diego / UN Special Rapporteur finding, August 2026
ICE officers shoot man in New York CityA man was taken to the hospital after ICE officers shot him in New York City, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Mayor Mamdani has responded to the shooting saying it was an "unconscionable" situation. The investigation is ongoing.
A man was hospitalized after being shot by an ICE agent in New York City's Marble Hill neighborhood, according to the DHS and city officials.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on direct-contact electric shock gloves the UN torture rapporteur calls incompatible with the absolute prohibition of torture ABC10 San Diego / UN Special Rapporteur finding, August 2026
Mamdani says he tried to negotiate release of wounded ‘criminal migrant’ shot by federal agent as he slams ICE as ‘rotten to the core’Mamdani — who spoke over protesters' chants labeling him “complicit" - called ICE “rotten to its core.”
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and hospitalized a man in New York City on Thursday. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch gave an update on the situation, saying the victim's 5-year-old son was in the car during the incident.
The UN torture rapporteur found direct-contact electric shock gloves "incompatible with the absolute prohibition of torture" - ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on them ABC10 San Diego / UN Special Rapporteur finding, August 2026
Man shot by ICE in New York CityA U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man late Thursday afternoon in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) confirmed. The New York Police Department (NYPD) first reported a shooting "involving federal law enforcement agents" occurred at approximately 4 p.m.
An illegal immigrant has been hospitalized following a nonfatal shooting involving ICE officers in New York City, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In a statement, DHS said the wounded individual was an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic with a prior criminal conviction and ties to the Trinitarios gang. “This…
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
ICE agent shoots, wounds ‘criminal illegal’ migrant in NYC with boy, 5, sitting in back of his car: police, sourcesA federal immigration agent shot and wounded a man in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Marimar Martinez, a Chicago woman who was shot five times by an immigration agent, sued the federal government Monday for damages, with her attorneys saying new analysis of the scene will prove the officer shot her as she was turning her car away from him. Martinez was initially charged in the wake of her shooting...
US immigration agents shot and wounded a man in his car with a child present in the Marble Hill neighbourhood of New York City, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitnesses.
On Thursday, ICE federal immigration agents shot a man in his car while a 5-year-old was present. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he plans to call Donald Trump and demand an end to all ICE operations in New York City.
· Family of Renee Good sues ICE agent who shot her and top Trump officials from the morgue, 1 Oct 2026
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