{"id":2258434,"date":"2024-06-03T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-nypd-officers-shot-suspect-is-illegal-immigrant-teen-whos-been-living-in-marriot-hotel-on-taxpayers-dime-report\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:27:53","slug":"two-nypd-officers-shot-suspect-is-illegal-immigrant-teen-whos-been-living-in-marriot-hotel-on-taxpayers-dime-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-nypd-officers-shot-suspect-is-illegal-immigrant-teen-whos-been-living-in-marriot-hotel-on-taxpayers-dime-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Two New York City Police Officers Shot by Illegal Immigrant Teen Staying at Taxpayer-Funded Marriott Hotel: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-nypd-officers-shot-suspect-is-illegal-immigrant-teen-whos-been-living-in-marriot-hotel-on-taxpayers-dime-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258434&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two NYPD officers were shot \u200bby a 19-year-old \u200bVenezuelan immigrant\u2064 during a traffic stop. The officers, Abreu\u200c and Yarusso, \u2064are in stable condition. The suspect, Bernardo Castro Mata, \u2063had entered the U.S.\u2063 illegally and lived\u200d in a migrant shelter near \u200dLaGuardia \u200cAirport. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-democrats-refuse-to-condemn-burning-american-flag-chanting-death-to-america\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Democrats Avoid Condemning Flag Burning and Chanting \u2018Death To America\">incident highlighted concerns<\/a>\u200b about illegal immigration and criminal activities\u200b associated with it. Two New York City police officers, Abreu and Yarusso, were shot by \u2062a 19-year-old Venezuelan immigrant during a traffic\u2064 stop. The officers are in stable condition. The suspect, Bernardo Castro Mata, entered the U.S. illegally \u200cand resided in a migrant shelter near LaGuardia Airport, \u2062raising concerns about illegal immigration and related criminal \u200cactivities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 3, 2024 at 7:09am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Two New York City police officers were shot by a 19-year-old Venezuelan immigrant during a routine traffic stop early Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-roy-biden-admin-policies-fueling-cartel-traffic-uptick\/\" title=\"Rep. Roy: Biden admin. policies fueling cartel traffic uptick\">public safety officers<\/a>, Officer Christopher Abreu and his partner Richard Yarusso, returned fire, hitting Bernardo Castro Mata in the ankle, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/03\/us-news\/two-nypd-cops-shot-in-queens-by-19-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Abreu was shot in the leg, while Yarusso took a round to the front of his protective vest.<\/p>\n<p>Both officers were treated at Elmhurst General Hospital and were reportedly in stable condition and \u201cgood spirits,\u201d NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Mata entered the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/facebook-used-facilitate-illegal-immigrants-infiltration-us-border-crossing-fake-work-credentials-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegally<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-putting-forward-operating-base-eagle-pass-giving-troops-huge-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eagle Pass, Texas<\/a>, in July, NYPD Det. Joseph Kenny told <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/morning\/migrant-who-shot-2-police-officers-in-queens-crossed-into-us-illegally-nypd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPIX-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His current address was a migrant shelter in East Elmhurst near LaGuardia Airport, which Caban said was a former Courtyard Marriott, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mata was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens for surgery, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could have gone a very different way,\u201d Caban said, referring to the bullet hole in Yarusso\u2019s vest, the Post said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of this vest, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-saw-him-as-a-toy-glenn-greenwald-details-the-media-mythology-surrounding-brian-sicknicks-death\/\" title=\"\u2018They Saw Him As A Toy\u2019: Glenn Greenwald Details The Media Mythology Surrounding Brian Sicknick\u2019s Death\">young police officer<\/a> is going home,\u201d Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-compares-jesus-speech-celebrating-non-white-hires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Adams<\/a> said during a news conference early Monday. \u201cA senseless act of violence. A total disregard for life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is illegal immigration going to be the biggest issue of November&#8217;s presidential election?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur officers responded with a level of discipline, a level of focus, and a level of professionalism,\u201d Adams added. \u201cToday we thank God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mata, identified by WPIX as Bernardo Raul Castro-Mata, had been driving a scooter the wrong way on a one-way street when the two officers tried to pull him over.<\/p>\n<p>Abandoning the scooter, Mata ran, then turned to fire at the officers with an illegal handgun that was recovered at the scene, the station reported.<\/p>\n<p>While Mata has no prior arrest record in New York City, police believe that he is part of \u201ccrew using scooters to commit crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking at him for several other robbery patterns in the Queens area where he does have other co-defendants,\u201d Kenny said at the news conference, according to WPIX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one incident, Castro-Mata is suspected of attacking a woman and stealing her credit card, according to the NYPD,\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cThe credit card was later used at a Queens smoke shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the officers, presumably Yarusso, had been released from the hospital by 8:20 Monday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/mynbc15.com\/news\/nation-world\/migrant-accused-of-shooting-nypd-officers-during-queens-chase-crossed-us-illegally-venezuela-eagle-pass-texas-elmhurst-bernardo-raul-castro-mata\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPMI-TV<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mata also was expected to recover from his gunshot wound, the station noted.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent incident on June 3, 2024, at 7:09 am, two NYPD officers, Officer Abreu and partner Yarusso, were shot by a 19-year-old Venezuelan immigrant during a routine traffic stop. The officers retaliated, injuring the suspect, Bernardo Castro Mata, in the ankle, according to reports by George C. 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