Posted on 06/03/2024 6:49:45 AM PDT by lowbridge
A teenage Venezuelan migrant has been arrested for allegedly shooting two NYPD cops while on a scooter after they tried pulling him over.
Police approached Bernardo Raul Castro-Mata, 19, as he drove the illegal vehicle the wrong way down a one-way highway in Queens overnight.
He allegedly responded by opening fire on the officers using an unlicensed gun before fleeing on foot at around 1.40am, NYPD said. One officer was struck in the leg while the other sustained a shot to their bulletproof vest.
Although Castro-Mata has not previously been arrested in New York City, police believe he is part of a group which has been using mopeds and scooters to commit violent robberies.
'We're looking at him for several other robbery patterns in the Queens area where he does have other co-defendants,' NYPD Detective Joseph Kenny said during a briefing Monday morning.
In one incident, he is accused of attacking a woman and stealing her credit card, which was later used at a Queens smoke shop, according to NYPD records.
Castro-Mata entered the US in July last year via Eagle Pass, Texas, Kenny said. He has been staying at a migrant shelter in Ditmars Boulevard, close to the area where the shooting happened.
The teenager was also shot in the ankle during the altercation with officers at 89th Street and 23rd Avenue in Elmhurst, and he underwent surgery on Monday morning at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens.
NYPD said the unlicensed gun he allegedly used was recovered at the scene.
Photographs show Castro-Mata looking shell-shocked as he was taken away on a stretcher with his arms handcuffed behind his back.
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I hope the cops are ok, and able to move out of NYC and find a place to work that appreciates them.
The perp will likely be on the streets as soon as he heals.
It’s New York, I don’t care.
Would make a cool video.
He probably has several months before he no longer a teenager .or,has teen been extended to mid-20s?
Someone needs some range time...
Now he is eligible for disability for the rest of his long life.
They are sending their worst - Trump PAC needs an effective commercial highlighting this. They have tons of material.
An illegal scooter and an unlicensed gun???
That’s what they are worried about?
How can this be? Everyone tells us illegal migrants jump the border out of sheer desperation and that they will be otherwise good, law-abiding citizens here.
It’s worth it people.
for all that DIVERSITY. You know that strange magical blessing the left has been promising us since the 70s but like communism it’s benefits are always so elusive.
It’s worth it people.
for all that DIVERSITY. You know that strange magical blessing the left has been promising us since the 70s but like communism it’s benefits are always so elusive.
Who is it that decided the border should not exist? That is the one who should be shot, not the cops trying to do the work. This is what we are up against. These are not poor downtrodden people just looking for a better life. They are ready to shoot cops for being pulled over. With stories like this, how are citizens expected to act?
One officer was struck in the leg while the other sustained a shot to their bulletproof vest.
Well, all I can say is that it’s outrageous that the city of New York can only afford 1 bullet proof vest for 2 officers!
Back to shoot first and ask questions later.
Another case where it can be argued that Biden is an _accessory before the fact_.
But they will never refer to the perp as an Illegal Alien.
This is how they play once here.....they bring their culture violence with them.
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