Two Police Officers Shot By Illegal Alien In New York, During A Car Chase

Two police officers were shot in Queens, New York, Monday, during a chaotic scene after they tried to pull over a wrong-way moped driver, who was believed to be connected to a string of robberies. The incident occurred around 1:40 a.m. local time, on 82nd Street near 23rd Avenue in East Elmhurst, Queens. The suspect identified as 19-year-old Bernardo Castro Mata illegally into the U.S. from Venezuela via Eagle Pass, Texas, in July last year, and was staying in a taxpayer-funded Queens migrant shelter from where he was discharged on May 15