Suspect who shot two NYPD officers confirmed as illegal immigrant: Police

A suspect accused of shooting and wounding two New York City Police Department officers Monday was confirmed to have made his way into the country illegally, authorities said.

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 said.