Two New York City police officers were shot by a 19-year-old Venezuelan immigrant during a routine traffic stop early Monday morning. The public safety officers, Officer Christopher Abreu and his partner Richard Yarusso, returned fire, hitting Bernardo Castro Mata in the ankle, the New York Post reported. Abreu was shot in the leg, while Yarusso took a round to the front of his protective vest. Both officers were treated at Elmhurst General Hospital and were reportedly in stable condition and “good spirits,” NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said, according to the Post. Mata entered the U.S. ille…
