'That's what you get': Off-duty NYPD officer admits to love triangle slaying of dental student in relationship with ex-girlfriend, now faces decades in prison

Yvonne Wu (left) pictured under arrest in October 2021 (PIX11/screengrab), Wu (left inset) in a photo aired on the news (CBS New York/screengrab), (right inset) Jamie Liang (GoFundMe)

Just under three years after an off-duty NYPD officer was accused of yelling “I told you not to mess with me” and “that’s what you get” as her ex-girlfriend called 911 from the Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, scene where the surviving victim was wounded and her new love interest was fatally shot, Yvonne Wu has pleaded guilty to crimes that stand to put her away for close to three decades.

The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said Monday that Wu, a 34-year-old from Staten Island, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and attempted second-degree murder with the understanding that she will face up to 27 years behind bars combined for using her NYPD pistol while off duty to kill her ex’s new girlfriend Jamie Liang, 24, and to shoot her ex, Jenny Li, who was 23 at the time of the Oct. 13, 2021, attack she survived.

Reporting from the immediate aftermath of what was dubbed a love triangle shooting on the local news said that Wu “confessed” in a “calm, collected” way that she was the perpetrator.

Cellphone video showed that Wu was placed under arrest in broad daylight outside of her ex’s 19th Avenue residence, where Liang was shot in the chest and Li in the torso that fateful afternoon, according to the NYPD.

Wu, who at the time of the shooting had worked as an NYPD officer for five and a half years, was called a “psychopath” and “possessive” stalker by a friend of Li’s who spoke with the New York Daily News . The defendant had been dumped one month earlier and reacted to the breakup by showing up at Li’s home and waiting in the bedroom for the victims to come home, the friend reportedly said.

The attorney general’s office has now revealed that Wu formally admitted to using her police-issued firearm to commit one slaying and trying to commit a second, admissions that should mean 27 years in state prison when Wu is sentenced on Aug. 28.

“As part of the plea, the parties have recommended a prison sentence of 22 years on the Manslaughter charge and five years on the Attempted Murder charge, to run consecutively, for a total of 27 years in prison, as well as five years of post-release supervision, a waiver of Wu’s right to appeal, and an order of protection for Ms. Li,” James’ office said in a press release .

A GoFundMe campaign from years ago noted that Liang was a dental student at NYU, one with a “bright future ahead.”

“She was loved by so many and filled every room with her kindness and lively spirit,” a post on the campaign said.

In an interview with local ABC affiliate WABC , Liang’s father said his daughter “loved life, she got a big heart, [and] she loved everyone.”

“She always wanted to make me proud, and I’m always proud of her,” Ying Ling reportedly said. “Jamie, ever since she was a baby, she was so good. I never had to worry about her.”

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