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(NewsNation) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem volition supply an update connected an off-duty Customs and Border Protection serviceman shot during a reported robbery attempt implicit the weekend.
The 42-year-old antheral was sitting with a pistillate successful a New York City parkland erstwhile 2 men connected a moped approached them, authorities said. The moped’s rider attempted to rob the serviceman and his companion, causing the CBP authoritative to propulsion his work weapon, a video posted by DHS appears to show.
The root of the footage is unknown.
The 2 men exchanged gunfire, and the serviceman was injured successful the look and the arm. The perpetrator —who was besides injured successful the shooting — fled connected the moped, according to authorities.
The serviceman was not successful azygous astatine the clip of the robbery and consequent attack, they said. There is nary grounds to suggest he’d been targeted due to the fact that of his job.
He remains successful the hospital, and his nonstop information is unknown.
A person of interest, identified arsenic Miguel Mora, a 21-year-old migrant with an extended transgression past, was taken into custody aft arriving astatine a Bronx infirmary with gunshot wounds to the groin and leg, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
The moped’s operator has not yet been identified.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
