Bernardo Raul Castro Mata indicted on 20 charges, including 1st- and 2nd-degree attempted murder
An illegal Venezuelan migrant charged with shooting two New York City Police Department officers in Queens this month was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that 19-year-old Bernardo Raul Castro Mata was arraigned on 20 charges, including two counts of first- and second-degree attempted murder; two counts of first-degree attempted assault; two counts of attempted aggravated assault on a police officer; two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon; four counts of second-degree assault; resisting arrest; second degree obstruction of governmental administration; reckless driving; driving a vehicle the wrong way on a one-way road; operating a motorcycle without a helmet; and operating a motorcycle without license plates.
The charges stem from a June 3 incident in which NYPD officers tried to pull Mata over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street when he allegedly shot two officers – one point-blank in the chest and the other in the thigh.
