An off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer was shot while responding to an attempted robbery in New York City's Riverside Park. The assailant, Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a Dominican national previously apprehended by Border Patrol, was taken into custody after the incident. Witnesses reported that two suspects approached the officer and a companion, leading to a confrontation. The officer sustained injuries but is in stable condition. Nunez, who had an active deportation order and a criminal warrant for kidnapping, was also injured in the exchange of gunfire.
A witness of the attack - believed to be an attempted robbery - states that she and the victim were sitting on the rocks by the water when 2 subjects on a scooter drove up to them and the passenger got off the back and approached them with a firearm drawn. The off-duty CBP officer responded by withdrawing his own firearm in self-defense.
Suspect Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez is a national and citizen of the Dominican Republic. RE ENTERED and RELEASED under Biden- on April 4, 2023 the United States Border Patrol apprehended him at/near San Luis, AZ.
This criminal has a criminal warrant in Massachusetts for kidnapping and had been charged with a series of offenses.
Thankfully, the officer is in stable condition at the hospital.
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