NYPD officer kept 15 guns in Queens home in reach of his baby daughter: prosecutors
Apr 07, 2025
A Queens NYPD officer kept 15 unsecured guns scattered around his house, all potentially within reach of his 15-month-old girl, prosecutors allege.
Jason McLeod, 37, kept one of his guns loaded on a living room coffee table, another in a kitchen cabinet, and others still under his bed, in his closet
s and in his bedside table drawer, according to a criminal complaint.
The mother of his toddler daughter, who he lives with, called police to their home in Queens late Saturday night and gave them a tour of all the spots he kept is firearms, prosecutors allege. It wasn’t immediately clear if the two are married.
The tot was present in the home when police arrived, prosecutors said.
The officers found two handguns in an unlocked drawer in his bedside table, along with another handgun and three shotguns under the bed, according to the complaint.
In one unlocked bedroom closet they found three more handguns stashed in two plastic bags, along with two more shotguns in shotgun bags, the complaint alleges.
Another unlocked closet in the same bedroom contained a safe — closed but unlocked — with three more handguns, as well as some magazines of ammo, the complaint alleges.
Cops found McLeod’s daughter in a crib in the same bedroom where weapons were stored, the complaint alleges.
The officers found a loaded Glock handgun in a kitchen cabinet, as well as a loaded Sig Sauer P365 handgun atop a living room coffee table, according to the complaint.
Police officers are required to fill out a card listing the authorized off-duty weapons they have, and the Sig 365 was the only gun found in the house McLeod reported on that list, prosecutors said.
The remaining guns were unregistered, prosecutors said.
Cops arrested McLeod and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child and 15 counts of failure to safely store rifles, shotguns and firearms.
He was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court Sunday and ordered released without bail.
McLeod, who joined the NYPD in 2022 and is assigned to the 104th Precinct in Queens, was suspended without pay after the arrest, an NYPD spokesperson said.
His lawyer did not immediately return a message seeking comment Monday. ...read more read less
