A correction officer at the MDC Brooklyn federal jail who’s accused of chasing a BMW for five miles and shooting and wounding one of its passengers did so as part of an unhinged one-man war on contraband, federal prosecutors charge.

Leon Wilson also cocked his gun and threatened to kill an inmate he suspected of receiving contraband and performed an illegal stop-and-frisk two blocks away from the Sunset Park jail, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors are hoping to include Wilson’s actions before and after the Sept. 4, 2023, shooting at his Brooklyn Federal Court trial later this month “to complete the story of the crime on trial,” according to a Sept. 22 motion.

Just days before the chase and shooting, the 50-year-old Wilson confronted an inmate riding with him in an elevator, “

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