Second person detained after off-duty CBP officer shot: Noem

(NewsNation) — Two people who were in the U.S. illegally have been taken into custody after the attempted robbery and shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer in New York, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

Noem provided an update on the officer Monday and slammed local politicians and their policies for the violence, referencing the immigration status and previous crimes of those suspected.

"When you take a dangerous individual and you allow them to never face any consequences for the acts that they're perpetuating against the public, then you end up in a situation that could have been prevented," Noem said.

Officials said Monday they expect to bring federal charges against the two detainees.

CBP officer shooting suspects in US illegally: Noem

Noem identified Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a 21-year-old immigrant from the Dominican Republic with an extensive criminal past, as a suspect in the shooting on Sunday.

Mora was taken into custody after arriving at a Bronx hospital with gunshot wounds to the groin and leg, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

ICE arrested the second suspect, Christhian Aybar-Berroa, on Monday. Noem said he entered the U.S. illegally from the Dominican Republic in 2022 and has a criminal record in New York City.

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The officer, 42, was sitting with a woman in a New York City park when two men on a moped approached them, authorities said.

The moped’s passenger attempted to rob the officer and his companion, causing the officer to pull his service weapon, a video posted by the DHS appears to show.

The origin of the footage is unknown.

The two men exchanged gunfire, and the officer was injured in the face and the arm. The perpetrator —who was also injured in the shooting — fled on the moped, according to authorities.

The officer was not in uniform at the time of the robbery and subsequent attack, they said. There is no evidence to suggest he’d been targeted because of his job.

Noem said Monday the officer remained in the hospital.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.