{"id":2258466,"date":"2024-06-03T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-who-shot-two-nypd-officers-confirmed-as-illegal-immigrant-police\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:57:23","slug":"suspect-who-shot-two-nypd-officers-confirmed-as-illegal-immigrant-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-who-shot-two-nypd-officers-confirmed-as-illegal-immigrant-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Police confirm that the suspect who shot two NYPD officers is an undocumented immigrant"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fsuspect-who-shot-two-nypd-officers-confirmed-as-illegal-immigrant-police%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=2258466&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-ship-behaved-erratically-just-before-slamming-into-baltimore-bridge\/\" title=\"Video: Ship Displayed Unstable Behavior Prior to Colliding with Baltimore Bridge\">summary covers<\/a> the case of a suspect who allegedly shot and injured two \u2062NYPD officers on Monday. The \u2064individual, identified as a Venezuelan national named Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, is \u2064believed to have entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/census-bureau-announces-it-will-miss-deadline-could-undermine-president-trumps-efforts-to-exclude-illegal-aliens-from-congressional-apportionment\/\" title=\"Census Bureau Announces It Will Miss Deadline \u2013 Could Undermine President Trump\u2019s Efforts to Exclude Illegal Aliens from Congressional Apportionment\">country illegally<\/a>. The incident occurred around 1:40 a.m. when Castro Mata \u2063reportedly drove a moped on the wrong side of the road before opening fire on the officers. The\u200b summary discusses the \u2062case of a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-j-federal-judge-who-was-targeted-in-home-shooting-says-scotus-justice-sonia-sotomayor-was-also-targeted\/\" title=\"N.J. federal judge who was targeted in home shooting says SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor was also targeted\">suspected shooter<\/a>, Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, a Venezuelan national, accused of injuring two NYPD officers on Monday. Authorities believe\u2063 he entered the country unlawfully. The incident took place at 1:40 a.m. when Castro Mata, riding a moped on the wrong side\u2064 of the road, allegedly shot the officers.  <\/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<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>suspect<\/a> accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shooting<\/a> and wounding two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York City Police Department<\/a> officers Monday was confirmed to have made his way into the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>illegally<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>authorities<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged shooter, 19-year-old Venezuelan national Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, purportedly shot the officers around 1:40 a.m. after he drove a moped onto the wrong side of the street in the area of 82nd Street near 23rd Avenue, NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/440-24\/transcript-mayor-adams-visits-officers-shot-115th-precinct-briefs-media-nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Officers attempted to pull him over, but Castro Mata fled, and officers pursued him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the pursuit, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-off-duty-milwaukee-detective-shot-saving-victim-from-carjacking-suspect\/\" title=\"Police: Off-Duty Milwaukee Detective Shot Saving Victim from Carjacking Suspect\">suspect fired multiple rounds<\/a> at our officers who then returned fire. One officer was shot in the front of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-may-require-people-applying-for-a-handgun-license-turn-over-list-of-their-social-media-accounts\/\" title=\"New York May Require People Applying for a Handgun License Turn Over List of Their Social Media Accounts\">bullet-resistant vest<\/a>. The other officer was shot in his leg. Both of our cops were taken to Elmhurst Hospital where they are being treated,\u201d Caban said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, they are both in stable condition. The suspect was also shot in the right ankle and he was removed to New York-Presbyterian Queens by EMS also in stable condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Castro Mata is allegedly linked to a wider robbery pattern in the area involving mopeds and scooters, and he was residing at a converted Courtyard Marriott hotel, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we know is that the shooter here, he entered the country from Venezuela. He entered through Eagle Pass, Texas, back in July of 2023. We know that he entered the country illegally,\u201d Kenny said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe patterns that we\u2019re looking at currently in Queens that he\u2019s involved with involve phone snatches and instances where a woman was attacked, her credit card was stolen, and eventually used in a Queens smoke shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities revealed that a 19-year-old Venezuelan national, Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, allegedly wounded two NYPD officers early Monday. The suspect, accused of driving a moped on the wrong side of the road, was confirmed to have entered the country unlawfully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2258467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/nypd-suicides-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/nypd-suicides-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2258466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}