An out-of-control correction officer at MDC Brooklyn — the troubled federal lockup which currently houses Sean “Diddy” Combs — chased a car for miles out of the jail’s staff parking lot last year and shot one of its occupants, federal prosecutors allege.
Correction officer Leon Wilson, 49, had no authority to pursue the fleeing BMW once it left the jail’s property line, but that didn’t stop him, federal prosecutors allege.
The rules of the road didn’t stop him either — he chased the BMW for five miles at dangerous speeds in a federal Bureau of Prisons minivan, running at least one red light, the feds allege.
About two minutes into the chase, he fired off three rounds, one of which wounded a passenger in the BMW, according to a criminal complaint. Wilson, who was on-duty, never reported the shooting to the NYPD or to officials at the jail or the BOP.
Court filings don’t indicate whether Wilson had any connection to the BMW or its occupants.
He was arrested Sunday, as is expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court Monday afternoon. A Bronx resident, Wilson has worked for the BOP since 2000.