An illegal Venezuelan migrant, Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, has been indicted by a grand jury in Queens, New York, for a series of charges related to the shooting of two New York City Police Department officers. The incident occurred on June 3 when Mata, aged 19, was confronted by officers for driving a motorcycle the wrong way down a one-way street in East Elmhurst.
The charges against Mata include two counts of attempted murder in the first degree, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon, assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, reckless driving, and various traffic violations.
