The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released footage of a Saturday night incident in which an off-duty Border Patrol agent was ambushed and shot in an apparent robbery attempt by an illegal migrant and an unidentified co-conspirator.
The agent was attacked while with a female companion at 11:50 p.m. Saturday night by two men on a moped in Fort Washington Park in Manhattan, the New York Post reported. DHS said the incident appeared to be an attempted robbery in a Sunday post on X.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin said one suspect had re-entered the United States illegally.
“The first subject, is an illegal re-entry and has a warrant from Massachusetts for kidnapping,” McLaughlin posted Sunday.
“On the evening of July 19, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection @CBP officer was shot in what looks like an attempted robbery. The officer, who was off duty at the time, is currently in the hospital in stable condition,” DHS said. “One of the alleged perpetrators was an illegal alien with prior arrests for felony 2nd and 3rd degree assault and an order of deportation. The New York Police Department is currently investigating the incident.”
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The video shows the exchange of gunfire, during which the off-duty agent was shot in the face, but returned fire, hitting one of the two assailants. NYPD radio traffic posted on X indicated the agent was shot in the mouth during the incident.
The DHS later identified the wounded suspect as Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez in a post on X, saying he entered the United States illegally before being apprehended and released in Arizona.
McLaughlin told the Daily Caller News Foundation Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will hold a press conference in New York City about the incident at 9 a.m. Monday.
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