Yet another city employee is facing criminal charges.

Jacqueline Cherisme, 34, is the latest Boston worker to be arrested after she was allegedly involved in a deadly shooting.

The Boston Public Health Commission employee was reportedly behind the wheel when her passenger allegedly shot at a man who owed him money.

The passenger missed his target and ended up striking two bystanders near Nubian Station in Roxbury on April 19. One of the bystanders, Andrew Owens, died as a result of the gunshot wound.

A couple hours later, Cherisme walked into the Boston Police Department and allegedly provided false statements to police, prosecutors say.

The Dorchester woman was ultimately arrested in late June. She was charged with accessory after the fact, two counts of witness intimidation, and two counts of withholding evidence from an official court proceeding.

“The Boston Public Health Commission is aware of the pending criminal charges against the employee,” a Boston Public Health Commission spokesperson said in a statement.

“This person has been placed on unpaid administrative leave,” the BPHC spokesperson added.

Cherisme’s LinkedIn page states that she’s a housing supervisor with the Boston Public Health Commission.

She has been employed by BPHC since October 2019, and her current salary is $57,344.

“They are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and we are following a customary administrative process, which is necessary before further action,” the BPHC spokesperson said.

Cherisme was one of three people who were charged in connection with the deadly shooting.

The passenger in the vehicle was Dorchester man Charles Dixon, 40, who was charged with murder, armed assault to murder, attempted assault and battery with a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license, and a firearm violation with three prior violent/drug crimes.

Dixon was allegedly shooting at Hyde Park man Ellis Santos, 36 — who was charged with carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, and a firearm violation with one prior violent/drug crime.

The fatal shooting case in Suffolk County was transferred to Middlesex County prosecutors “to avoid a potential conflict of interest,” the Middlesex DA’s office wrote in its press release.

The Herald asked the Suffolk DA’s office about the potential conflict of interest.

“A Boston police officer is related to one of the defendants,” the Suffolk DA’s spokesperson said in a statement.

When the Herald asked who the police officer is, which of the three defendants is related, and what’s their relationship, the Suffolk DA’s spokesperson declined to comment. The Herald has since filed a public records request to seek additional information.

Cherisme was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court where the judge set bail at $4,000, with the condition of no contact with Dixon, Santos or the family of the victim.

Dixon was arraigned in Roxbury District Court and ordered held without bail. Santos was arraigned in Roxbury District Court, where the judge set bail at $2,500 with the condition to stay away from and not contact any witnesses.

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“This case demonstrates the dangerous and life-altering impacts of guns in our communities,” Middlesex DA Marian Ryan said in a statement. “Here the defendants allegedly discharged their firearms without regard for the bystanders in the area.

“Ultimately, this reckless and brazen conduct led to the injury of an innocent victim and the senseless and tragic death of Andrew Owens,” Ryan added. “Despite deliberate efforts to mislead law enforcement, investigators remained diligent in identifying and charging those responsible.”

There has been a recent string of city workers being arrested. Last week, the Herald reported on how a Mayor Wu administration official was placed on unpaid leave but is still employed by the city months after being arrested on felony assault charges.

Daunasia Yancey, 33, of Jamaica Plain, was arrested and charged with assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on April 11, after allegedly attacking the ex-wife of her then-girlfriend in a Roxbury home during a dispute the former spouses were having over the return of a birth certificate.

Yancey is the deputy director of Mayor Michelle Wu’s office of LGBTQ+ Advancement.

Also in May, Marwa Khudaynazar, chief of staff for the Office of Police Accountability, and her boyfriend, Chulan Huang, neighborhood business manager for the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, were arrested following a domestic dispute that occurred in Huang’s Chinatown’s home.

Both were placed on unpaid leave immediately after their May 15 arrests and arraignments and fired by the city days later, on May 20.

In that instance, Wu cited the two employees trying to invoke their “official status” as city employees “to try to prevent the consequences of a police interaction,” rather than the incident itself as being the reason for their terminations.

Middlesex DA Marian Ryan (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)