A person was shot by ICE agents Thursday afternoon in an Upper Manhattan neighborhood in New York, according to three law enforcement sources familiar with the case.

The shooting occurred during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation on Marble Hill Avenue around 4 p.m., the sources said.

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One source indicated that the person shot, identified by law enforcement sources as Oscar Belgal, was apparently inside a vehicle when at least one agent opened fire. Belgal is expected to survive.

Department of Homeland Security officials said Oscar Belgal is connected to the Trinitarios street gang. They said he has numerous past arrests for robbery, drugs and other crimes.

DHS said as ICE-ERO officers tried to box in his car and make the arrest, Belgal  rammed  the ICE vehicles. One senior law enforcement official said at least five shots were fired by law enforcement. Belgal is hospitalized in stable condition with a wound to his neck, officials said. The five-year-old child was not hurt and is back with relatives, one official said.

An extensive police investigation has focused on a black sedan believed to be the vehicle involved in the shooting. A senior official indicated that a 5-year-old child was in the back seat of the car at the time of the incident.

Investigators said Belgal is from the Dominican Republic.  He has associations with the Trinitarios gang, the same gang who brutally shot a CBP officer last year,  DHS said in a statement.

Several law enforcement sources reported that an ICE team was in the neighborhood searching for a man with a criminal record. A senior official indicated that the suspect had a prior arrest for robbery that resulted in a grand theft conviction and an open drug case.

 The NYPD was not involved in the incident and was not at the scene at the time of the shooting. The injured person is at a nearby hospital, conscious and receiving medical treatment,  the NYPD stated.

Dozens of demonstrators showed up outside Columbia Presbyterian Allen Hospital, where Belgal is being treated, to protes
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