Tragic: Ex-Cop Who Shot Wife In Front Of Their Kids Says “I’m Sorry.”
A former NYPD cop who is accused of killing his wife in front of their kids because she cheated on him says he’s sorry, after calling her a whore.
Kevin Canty, 43, explains why he shot his wife 10 times in a fit of rage, hitting her in the stomach, upper chest, breast, arm and armpit with a 9-mm pistol. A prosecutor said that Canty told the detective saying, “I love my wife. She was cheating on me. I know I’m going to jail.”
The NY Daily News reports;
“I’m sorry,” Canty told a detective driving him from the Queens crime scene to the 102nd Precinct stationhouse for questioning. Canty, who retired from the force last year on disability, called his wife a “whore” for having sex with a man he identified to the cop, the prosecutor said. he reportedly said.
40-year-old Jessica Canty (l.) shot dead by her husbandCanty let loose the barrage of bullets inside their Ozone Park home — striking Mera, 40, in the stomach, upper chest, breast, arm and armpit, a source said. He was charged Sunday with second-degree murder and criminal use of a firearm. The couple’s children ran to a store near the family’s home and screamed, “Daddy shot mommy!”
Canty was apparently drunk when he was arrested near 97th and Centreville Sts. shortly after the shooting, police said.
The gunman was there trying to steal a car but was soon confronted by cops who found he still had his weapon with six shots left to fire, investigstors said. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted, said Meris Campbell, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Richard Brown.
Daniel Farrell, 55, who lives across the street from the family, said Canty told him in November he had been forced to retire from the NYPD after he tore his rotator cuff while leading self-defense training at the Police Academy. NYPD sources said Canty also had an alcohol problem.
Farrell said he occasionally smelled booze on Canty’s breath and that he knew the cop took painkillers for his shoulder.
“You could smell drink on his breath every now and again,” he said. “He was a quiet guy.” He said that following the shooting, Canty took off running down the block after his kids.
Farrell said the doomed wife showed up on a neighbor’s doorstep within the past few weeks, banging on the door and saying Canty had had too much to drink and was going to kill her.
A neighbor who asked not to be identified said she would hear the couple yelling and fighting at least once a week. “We tried to block it out, because it’s a common thing,” the neighbor said.
Source: Daily News NY