A former MDC Brooklyn guard charged with illegally shooting up a BMW during a high-speed chase with contraband smugglers told jurors Monday he thought he was dealing with a jailbreak, and he didn’t report the shooting or call 911 because he was in “shock.”

Former correction officer Leon Wilson, 51, took the stand in his own defense during a day of testimony at his Brooklyn Federal Court trial, describing his a “split-second decision” on Sept. 4, 2023, when a BMW backed into the parking lot shortly after 4:30 a.m., its occupants ready to deliver a package of pot, smokes and cell phones.

Wilson is accused of chasing the BMW in his Bureau of Prisons van for more than a mile, even though his authority ended once he left jail property, then opening fire on the vehicle, wounding its backs

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