Second Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent in NYC

Both men are illegal immigrants who entered the country within the past four and a half years.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a press conference after observing a repatriation flight to Colombia at Albrook Gelabert Airport in Panama City on June 24, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The second suspect in the Manhattan Park, New York, shooting of an off-duty Border Patrol agent has been apprehended.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said in a July 21 press conference that he was detained earlier in the day and that she hopes he will “face full consequences.”