ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
A WIRED investigation reveals that an ICE agent involved in a recent shooting in New York has a documented history of alleged unlawful arrests and excessive force. The agent, Brenden Cuni, was identified in footage brandishing a weapon during an operation that left a suspect hospitalized.
Why it matters
The report raises significant concerns regarding the conduct and oversight of federal immigration enforcement agents during street operations.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on the scene of a shooting in upper Manhattan on Thursday has repeatedly been accused in federal court of unlawful arrests and using force during arrests in New York and Minneapolis, a WIRED investigation finds.
On Thursday afternoon, ICE agents shot a man, identified by city authorities as Oscar Belgal, in Manhattan’s Marble Hill neighborhood, near the Bronx. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said agents surrounded the man’s car, in which a 5-year-old child was sitting, before firing multiple rounds—as many as seven, witnesses told local media. Belgal, the New York Police Department said, was hospitalized after reportedly being shot in the neck. The child appeared unharmed.
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