AOC Lashes Out at Target Over Bronx ICE Shooting, Despite Being a Half Mile from Where it Happened
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is demanding a “full and independent investigation” of an ICE shooting in the Bronx, and she is blaming Target for letting federal agents use a parking lot, even as the Department of Homeland Security says the man who was shot is a criminal illegal immigrant with gang ties.
The shooting took place at approximately 4:20 p.m. Thursday.
Agents were trying to arrest 28-year-old Oscar Belgal, a Dominican national the NYPD identified and DHS described as tied to the Trinitarios gang. He was shot in his vehicle.
A 5-year-old boy, believed to be his son, was in the back seat and was not hurt.
Bronx: West 225th Street& Marble Hill Avenue, a man was shot and injured during a targeted @ICEgov enforcement operation earlier today, sparking chaos on the streets of the Bronx.
According to the @DHSgov, ICE agents were attempting to arrest a Dominican national around 4 p.m.… pic.twitter.com/GzPU2HTyTk
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