Two illegal migrants have been hit with federal charges for the shooting of an off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer who took a bullet to the face during a violent Manhattan robbery, officials announced Thursday.
Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, 21, was charged with possession of ammunition by an illegal alien, and fellow Dominican Republic national Christhian Aybar-Berroa, 22, was hit with accessory after the fact for the July 19 shooting, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Mora Nunez is accused of shooting the 42-year-old officer — who fired back with his own gun during the confrontation Saturday in Fort Washington Park — while Aybar-Berroa allegedly helped with the robbery, officials said.
Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez was charged Thursday in the shooting of an