NYPD Detective
Leopold McLean could face between five and 25 years for the off-duty shot that
was fired at his ex-girlfriend's former boyfriend, whom he hit in the buttocks.
A cop who worked
as a bodyguard for Mayor Bloomberg was convicted of attempted murder Thursday
for shooting his girlfriend’s ex in the buttocks.
Longtime NYPD
detective Leopold McLean, 48, faces a minimum sentence of five years in prison
and a maximum of 25 for the 2010 off-duty gunfire outside his gal pal’s
Jamaica, Queens, home.
“This is truly a
sad day for everyone when a police officer is convicted of breaking the very
laws he had sworn to uphold,” said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Prosecutors said
the 19-year NYPD officer confronted his lover’s ex and pointed a black handgun
at the unarmed man.
When McLean
“stated that he had something for LePaul Gammons,” the victim fled. A shot hit
Gammons, 41, in his rear end.
“That’s cold and
callous,” said Vivie Gammons, the victim’s mom. “Now you’re going to pay.”
McLean called 911
after the shooting and said he had tried to stop a burglary.
His lawyer said he
will appeal. His daughter called him a good cop. “I’m p---ed off,” Chantal
McLean said.