New York police official accused of driving getaway car for son in gang-related shooting

A New York constabulary authoritative is being accused of serving arsenic the getaway operator for her lad successful an evident pack shooting successful New York City, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

Police sources told the Post that Jennifer Lackard, a lawman constabulary commissioner with the Mount Vernon Police Department, was arrested on with her son, Chase Lackard, 20, astatine their location Tuesday morning. Authorities said Chase was charged with shooting astatine rival pack members adjacent the Bronx Criminal Court successful precocious June.

Sources told the Post that Chase ran to his parent successful her car aft the shooting, and she sped off.

No 1 was injured successful the shooting.

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Jennifer Lackard served arsenic a lawman constabulary commissioner with the Mount Vernon Police Department. ((Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News via Getty Images) + Mt. Vernon Police Department)

Both the parent and lad person been charged with attempted murder, attempted assault, transgression possession of a firearm, conspiracy and reckless endangerment.

The Mount Vernon Police Department said Tuesday that Lackard had been terminated efficaciously immediately.

"The allegations are unrelated to her duties with the Mount Vernon Police Department and bash not stem from immoderate behaviour associated with the Department oregon the show of her authoritative responsibilities," the section wrote connected societal media.

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Police respond to a shooting successful the Bronx successful August 2025. (WNYW)

The incidental was acold from Chase's archetypal run-in with instrumentality enforcement. He was changeable by constabulary successful 2024 aft allegedly wielding a weapon during an argument.

He was besides changeable erstwhile earlier successful 2023 by 3 different youths during a quality connected a bus. Chase is allegedly a subordinate of the "Slutty Gang," according to the Post.

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He reportedly demanded to cognize what pack the different youths belonged to and past attempted to resistance 1 of them disconnected the autobus earlier being changeable successful the chest.