Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Shot in NYC in Apparent Robbery Gone Wrong

The officer is expected to survive, and a person of interest is in custody.

Doors leading into the emergency department at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx in New York City, on March 23, 2020.Misha Friedman/Getty Images

An off-duty agent of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) was shot on Saturday in a Manhattan park during what officials are describing as an apparent robbery gone wrong.

The officer’s injuries—gunshots to the face and arm—were not fatal. As of Sunday, the 42-year-old CBP agent was in stable condition and is expected to survive.