{"id":314689,"date":"2026-08-05T22:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314689\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T22:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:20:17","slug":"police-officials-son-shot-at-rival-gang-after-bronx-court-appearance-for-unrelated-gun-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314689\/","title":{"rendered":"Police official’s son shot at rival gang after Bronx court appearance for unrelated gun case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The suspect whose high-ranking police official mother<\/a> drove the getaway car after he shot at rival gang members outside a Bronx courthouse had just appeared inside on an unrelated gun case before opening fire, prosecutors revealed Wednesday.<\/p>\n

After leaving the courthouse on June 29, Chase Lackard got into his family\u2019s van, with he and his parents circling the courthouse at least four times, Assistant District Attorney Keturah Ladd said at his arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court.<\/p>\n

Lackard, 20, had been in court that day for a hearing on his ongoing case stemming from a November 2024 clash with NYPD cops in which he was shot and wounded by police.<\/p>\n

Chase, who authorities say is a member of the \u201cSlutty Gang,\u201d was shot in Soundview by NYPD cops responding to a clash at the Stevenson Commons residential tower on White Plains Road near Lafayette Ave.<\/p>\n

Cops saw him waving around a gun, police said at the time.<\/p>\n

Chase was shot twice in the leg by police after he allegedly pointed his 9mm pistol at officers, police said. He was charged with criminal use of a firearm and menacing a police officer.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Lackard was arrested alongside his mother, Mount Vernon Police Deputy Commissioner for Public Safety Jennifer Lackard. Jennifer was fired from the force hours after her arrest.<\/p>\n

Cops executing a search warrant Tuesday morning found a firearm in the family\u2019s apartment, officials said. Chase\u2019s girlfriend, Briannah Harris, 20, who was in the apartment at the time, was arrested on weapons possession charges, but did not participate in the shooting, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Harris was released without bail following her arraignment Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

While authorities had initially described Jennifer as her son\u2019s getaway driver, her son was actually in the van with her when he opened fire, prosecutors later revealed.<\/p>\n

Jennifer is also accused of coaching him in text messages on how to pull off the attempted gang hit.<\/p>\n

The accused gunman got out of the van for a few minutes, then got back in in the moments before he opened fire, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n

\"ChaseChase Lackard appears in Bronx Supreme Court on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in New York City. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car is then observed making a left turn onto [E. 162nd St.] towards Grant Ave,\u201d Ladd said, referring to the back of the Bronx Hall of Justice. \u201cOnce there, the rear passenger side and the driver\u2019s side window [are] rolled down, and numerous shots are discharged from that window and surveillance captures the arm of the individual holding the firearm, and who we have proven is the defendant.\u201d<\/p>\n

No one was stuck by gunfire.<\/p>\n

Chase\u2019s lawyer, Jeff Henle, argued that his client has no convictions and so deserves to be released on bail, but Judge Laurence Busching ordered Chase held without bail.<\/p>\n

Outside court, Henle said the case \u201cwill be resolved in the court of law, not in the court of public opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chase has been charged with attempted murder, conspiracy and gun possession.<\/p>\n

\"JenniferJennifer Lackard (inset and main), Mount Vernon police department\u2019s former Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety, is pictured in police custody leaving the NYPD’s 44th Precinct stationhouse on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in the Bronx. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

His mother was fired Tuesday from her deputy commissioner post with the Mount Vernon Police Department<\/a> after she and her son were arrested Tuesday morning at their Soundview home on Boynton Ave.<\/p>\n

Jennifer is charged with attempted murder and conspiracy. She was arraigned Tuesday, with bail set at $75,000.<\/p>\n

\"ChaseChase Lackard appears in Bronx Supreme Court on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in New York City. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

James Lackard, who is Chase\u2019s dad and Jennifer\u2019s wife, is charged in the indictment with attempted murder and conspiracy. He is believed to be in North Carolina and is not yet in custody.<\/p>\n

Evidence in the case includes text messages, authorities said.<\/p>\n

\"BriannahBriannah Harris, the girlfriend of Chase Lackhard, is arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court late Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, charged with weapons possession charges when police raided Lackard’s bedroom. (Kevin C. Downs \/ Pool)<\/p>\n

\u201cBe right out front when I leave,\u201d Chase allegedly texted in the minutes before the shooting,<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen???? You can\u2019t just stand out front. The timing has to be right,\u201d his mom wrote back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The suspect whose high-ranking police official mother drove the getaway car after he shot at rival gang members…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-314689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}