United StatesJennifer Lackard, a 49-year-old deputy commissioner of wellness for the Mount Vernon Police Department, was fired and charged with attempted murder and other offenses after being accused of serving as a getaway driver in a June 29 Bronx shooting allegedly committed by her son, Chase Lackard, 20. Both mother and son were arrested at their home on Boynton Avenue and charged with attempted murder, attempted assault, criminal possession of a firearm, conspiracy, and reckless endangerment. The incident occurred near East 162nd Street and Grand Avenue, where the son allegedly fired at a man linked to a rival gang, though no one was injured. This marks the fifth arrest of a Mount Vernon Police Department employee this year. Chase Lackard previously had a history of violent encounters with law enforcement, including being shot in the leg by NYPD officers in November 2024 and in the chest on a bus in January 2023. Neither parent had been arraigned as of Tuesday afternoon.
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