‘Deranged’ ex cop shot wife 10 times as kids watched: officials

Kevin Canty is walked from the 102nd Precinct en route to Queens Central Booking. Photo: Ellis Kaplan

A former cop was charged with murder on Sunday after he allegedly shot his wife 10 times in front of their two young children as they watched in horror, prosecutors said.

Kevin Canty, 43, shot his wife, Jessica, 40, once in the stomach, twice in her right arm, three times in her chest and four times in her right armpit at their 104th Street home in Ozone Park, Queens, according to prosecutors.

The maniacal former cop confessed to police and said he was distraught because his wife was cheating on him.

“I’m sorry,” Canty said according to court documents. “I love my wife but she was cheating on me and she’s a whore.”

After the fatal shooting, a neighbor saw the couple’s terrified children, a 4-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy, run from the house toward a nearby deli screaming, “Daddy shot Mommy!”

Neighbors also said they could hear the woman shouting before she was shot, “No! No! No!”

After she fell, Canty stood over her and kept firing, a law-enforcement source said.

Jessica died in the ambulance as medics were taking her to Jamaica Hospital.

Canty was nabbed by police after he tried to steal someone’s car on Pitkin Avenue near 97th Street and had a long drawn-out argument with the victim over whose car it was, according to police sources.

“No, it isn’t. It’s my car,” Canty said repeatedly, according to sources.

When the victim of the attempted carjacking finally called police, cops realized she’d been talking to Canty.

Police rushed to the scene, tackled him, and found the 9mm Smith & Wesson in his waistband, officials said.

There were six bullets left in the weapon.

“He’s clearly not in his right mind,” a police source said. “He’s a bit deranged.”

Canty was then hauled to the 102nd Precinct where he confessed to shooting his wife but repeatedly said “She’s not dead. She’s not dead,” sources said.