‘Boom, right in the crotch:’ Winnipeg officer says colleague pointed gun at her
WINNIPEG — A female Winnipeg police officer testified Wednesday that a male colleague pointed a shotgun at her groin and said, “Boom, right in the crotch.”
Const. Danielle Prefontaine was in a parking garage at police headquarters after a night shift in May 2016, when she said officer Leroy Gold walked up to her holding a shotgun in one hand. He raised it towards her body — only a few inches away — and threatened her, she said.
“I really still don’t know how to take that. It wasn’t funny,” Prefontaine told court, holding back tears.
Gold, who is no longer an officer, is on trial on charges of pointing a firearm and uttering threats stemming from two encounters with the female officer.