Leon Wilson, 51, blasted a half-dozen rounds at a fleeing BMW after chasing it for a mile from the Sunset Park jail's staff parking lot in the wee hours of Sept. 4, 2023, firing a bullet into the back of a man sitting in the rear seat. He then continued to follow the shot-up BMW to the Brooklyn Bridge, and returned to work without calling 911 or reporting the shooting to his superiors.
Prosecutors alleged during trial that the conspiracy was laid out in texts between Wenger and fellow officers Morteza Amiri and Eric Rombough, who discussed beating people, hitting them with less lethal launchers, and dog bites. In one exchange, Amiri then a K9 officer wrote, Let's (expletive) some people up next work week, and Wenger reposnded, Bro, (expletive) to the mother(expletive)ing yes, according to prosecutors.
A man who appeared to brandish a hatchet at Pro-Palestinian protesters in Cambridge last month is now facing charges related to the incident, according to a local organization and court records. Matthew Freeman, of North Billerica, is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and a civil rights violation, according to court records filed in Cambridge District Court. He allegedly assaulted Fawaz Abusharkh and other "unknown victims" with a Black Audi car.
