Two people were injured after an anti-ICE protester allegedly set off fireworks Monday morning in front of 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.The New York Police Department told HuffPost that an individual was “menacing” people with a firearm and used an incendiary device to set off fireworks at around 8:30 a.m. Monday morning outside the office building. The person was taken into custody, and the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident, the FBI said in a statement to HuffPost.26 Federal Plaza houses several federal agencies, including the FBI’s New York Field Office, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ New York field office, and an immigration court. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said in a statement that he is grateful police kept everyone safe. “Acts of terror and violence have no place in our City and will never be tolerated,” Jeffries said. “The individual responsible for this must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”Law enforcement officials described the individual to MS NOW as a 43-year-old anti-ICE activist and said he had lit a shopping cart full of fireworks with a flame accelerant.The incident follows two fatal shootings by ICE officers this month. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was killed July 7 after an ICE officer shot him in Houston, and Johan Sebastián Guerrero, 25, was killed a few days later by an ICE officer in Maine.
Person In Custody After Setting Off Fireworks In Front Of New York Federal Building
The individual is reportedly a 43-year-old anti-ICE activist.










