NYPD Bodycam Shows Officers Rushing Shot Man to Hospital

Newly released police body camera footage documents how New York City Police Department officers transported 28-year-old Oscar Belgal to a Manhattan hospital after federal immigration agents shot him in the neck in Marble Hill on Thursday, October 8, 2026. The video, released Friday, October 9, shows officers deciding to use their own vehicle rather than wait for an ambulance.

The recording begins with two unidentified NYPD officers arriving at the scene, where Belgal is sitting on the street in handcuffs, bleeding from his neck and surrounded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Bystanders can be heard shouting about the shooting as officers approach him.

One officer says "he's got a gun" while preparing to leave the police vehicle, according to the footage. The recording does not establish whom the officer was referring to, although an armed federal immigration agent carrying a rifle is visible. Belgal is not seen holding a weapon, and the Department of Homeland Security did not describe him as armed in its account of the encounter.

Officers and dispatchers discuss arranging an ambulance over their police radios. When the wait continues, officers lift Belgal into the back of their black SUV and drive him to NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital.

During the journey, one officer tells a radio dispatcher that Belgal is "likely" to die from his injuries before correcting the assessment to "unknown." The footage does not establish the extent of his injuries beyond the visible bleeding from his neck.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch provided details about the shooting at a news conference Thursday night. She said ICE agents fired multiple shots at Belgal while he was inside an SUV with his 5-year-old son near West 225th Street and Marble Hill Avenue. According to Tisch, police recovered seven shell casings at the scene.

Tisch also said NYPD officers were not involved in the immigration operation that preceded the shooting and were absent when federal agents opened fire. The newly released footage documents their response after they arrived at the scene.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he spoke with President Donald Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin after the incident. Mamdani requested Belgal's release, but the discussions did not succeed, and ICE took Belgal from the hospital, according to the mayor.

Mullin said Friday morning that the ICE agents involved in the shooting were wearing body-worn cameras that were activated. He did not specify whether or when federal authorities would release that footage.

Mullin said immigration authorities had targeted Belgal because he is an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic. He also claimed Belgal was associated with a gang.

Tisch said Belgal had one prior criminal conviction in New York City, for fourth-degree grand larceny, and had received a five-year probation sentence.