An off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in a Manhattan park on Saturday following an apparent robbery gone wrong, New York City police and federal officials said.

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.

NEW YORK (TNND) — An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was shot during a robbery in Riverside Park in Manhattan on Saturday by a suspect who entered the country illegally, according to the New York Police Department.