Convicted Cop Shooter From Huntington Station Gets Prison Sentence

A Huntington Station man convicted of shooting a plainclothes police officer and causing him serious injuries last year was sentenced to prison Monday.

Sheldon Leftenant, a street gang member, was sentenced to 55 years to life in prison, News12 reports.

On March 12, 2015, Officer Mark Collins, a decorated 13-year veteran, was in an unmarked police vehicle when he pulled over a car with four people inside. As Collins and two other officers approached the vehicle, a man inside the car got out and confronted Collins, shooting him twice, once in the neck and once in the hip, police said.

Leftenant was arrested a few hours later, about a block from the traffic stop, following a massive police search. His trial began Jan. 19.

Collins, 35, was in a drug-induced coma at the hospital and was released after a three-day hospitalization. He has since returned to work.

Leftenant was found guilty of attempted aggravated murder, second degree criminal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest in late January.

The convicted cop shooter was sentenced to 40 years to life for the attempted aggravated murder charge and 15 years to life for the weapons charge, according to Newsday.

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