NEW YORK — Two people are in custody, both said to be undocumented migrants, after an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in the face after an apparent botched robbery at a New York City park on Saturday.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced in a news conference Monday morning that a second suspect was in custody in connection to the incident under the George Washington Bridge.

Noem did not initially identify the second person, but said he is also an undocumented migrant as she gave an update on the shooting at a press conference in New York.

The shooting unfolded at 11:51 p.m. Saturday in Fort Washington Park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan, according to the New York Police Department.

Video of the incident released by the Department of Homeland security shows two men approach the 42-year-old officer on a moped, with a female companion pulling out a gun.

“The officer realized that he was being robbed and drew his service weapon in defense,” said New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

The officer, who was shot in the face and arm just before midnight on Saturday, remained hospitalized and is expected to survive after exchanging gunfire with an undocumented migrant with a lengthy criminal record and outstanding arrest warrants.

The suspected gunman, 21-year-old Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, an undocumented migrant from the Dominican Republic, was also shot in the incident and detained after he went to an area hospital for medical treatment.

Tisch alleged that Mora Nunez opened fire first and that there was an exchange of gunfire before the suspect appeared to limp back to his alleged accomplice and the two drove away on the scooter.

Tisch said Mora Nunez walked into a hospital in the Bronx at 12:18 a.m. with gunshot wounds to the groin and the leg that she said was “consistent with the injuries sustained” by the perpetrator in the security video.

The commissioner said it does not appear that the Border Patrol agent was targeted because of his job.

Mora Nunez underwent surgery and is in custody at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, Tisch said.

Noem said Mora remained in the United States despite having been ordered deported back to the Dominican Republic two years ago.

Mayor Eric Adams says the suspect is exactly the type of individual the city is cooperating with the federal government to try and capture.

“In New York City, this 21-year-old male has prior arrests for assault and violated an order of protection. At the time of this shooting, he had an active bench warrant in the Bronx. He was wanted for a robbery from last December and a stabbing from January. A robbery from last December and a stabbing in January,” Adams said. “The violent migrant and asylum seekers who are bringing violence, that really tarnishes the reputation of those who come to this country to pursue the American dream.”

Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan repeatedly blamed sanctuary city policies – including specifically the mayor and City Council – for the two suspects remaining on the streets.

Mora Nunez entered the U.S. illegally in 2023 and was released, Noem said. He has an active warrant for armed robbery in Massachusetts, according to officials.

“In less than one year, he has inflicted violence in our city and once he’s charged for last night’s crimes, we will be able to add attempted murder to his rap sheet,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at Sunday’s news conference.

The Massachusetts warrant for Mora Nunez alleges he stole guns from a pawn shop in February 2025, Tisch said.

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton said federal charges are expected in the case.

“How many more lives will it take, how many more people have to be hurt and victimized before we have public safety be a number one priority in some of our largest cities,” Noem said. “When I look at what Mayor Adams has done to New York City, it breaks my heart to see the families that have suffered because of his policies.”

Despite their multiple prior arrests, they said NYPD is not permitted to hold them for federal agents upon arrest. That forces ICE to hunt them down on the streets instead of being able to coordinate detention after they are arrested and released.

As a result, Homan said “we’re gonna flood the zone” with agents on the streets to detain criminals in sanctuary cities.

Adams said he visited the wounded Border Patrol agent in the hospital on Sunday.

The suspect in the July 7 shooting, identified as 27-year-old Ryan Louis Mosqueda, fired “many rounds” at the federal building that houses the U.S. Border Patrol office at the McAllen International Airport, according to McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez.

The suspect was confronted and killed by Border Patrol agents and local police, according to McAllen police and the DHS.

Two police officers and a Border Patrol employee were injured in the attack, according to the DHS.

The motive for the McAllen shooting remains under investigation.

ABC News contributed to this report.