MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A cab driver who was wounded by an off-duty police officer in a 2011 road-rage shooting has settled his lawsuit against New York’s Nassau County for $2 million. Newsday reports that county legislative committees approved the payment to Thomas Moroughan on Monday. Moroughan was shot twice by then-Nassau County Police Officer Anthony DiLeonardo after DiLeonardo had been drinking. The shooting took place in neighboring Suffolk County, and Suffolk County officers initially accepted DiLeonardo’s claim of self-defense and arrested Moroughan. DiLeonardo was dismissed by the Nassau police three years after the shooting. His attorney, Bruce Barket, said DiLeonardo won’t pay as part of the settlement.
Photo: A police vehicle sits parked outside Nassau County Police Headquarters in Mineola, 2020.
