The officer, 42, is expected to recover after being shot in the face and returning fire. There is no indication that he was ...

An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has been shot in a Manhattan park in what authorities described as an apparent botched robbery.

The 42-year-old officer was in stable condition Sunday and expected to survive. A spokesperson for the NYPD said there was no indication that the shooting was politically motivated.

Police say the officer, who was not in uniform, was in Fort Washington Park when two men on a moped approached him. They say ...