LSU receiver Lacy found dead

[countryboi]

1 hour ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

I guess that's one way to stay out of jail? He probably wouldn't have had to serve any time too.

He wasn't even facing much time; the maximum for negligent homicide is five years. It's possible he might have received no jail time. That said, we don’t know what he was dealing with or feeling, and it seems weird to speculate.

[MHS831]

2 hours ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

I guess that's one way to stay out of jail? He probably wouldn't have had to serve any time too.

Which suggests, perhaps, that the guilt was tearing him up.  I don't know, but I have heard that people do not want to face the families of the victim and it can push them to this point.  Again, can't speak for him, but I know how I might feel.

[Shocker]

Horrible news this youn guy had it all in front of him.  RIP

[pantherclaw]

Another senseless tragedy.  

 

[RJK]

Apparently he was in a pursuit with police and committed suicide after he crashed his car. Doesn’t sound like he was a good kid who just made a mistake imo. 

[Brooklyn 3.0]

New information obtained by WBRZ says Lacy was arguing with a family member shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday. He reportedly pulled out a gun and shot it at the ground before leaving the area.

About 30 minutes later, a constable spotted Lacy driving and attempted to make a traffic stop. Deputies said Lacy refused to stop and was chased for several miles before crashing.

A report from the Harris County Sheriff's Office says that when deputies walked up to Lacy's vehicle to take him into custody, they didn't realize he shot himself during the pursuit and before the crash.

The WBRZ Investigative Unit reported that Lacy was set to appear before a grand jury on Monday connected to a fatal crash in Lafourche Parish. He was arrested by Louisiana State Police in December 2024. Troopers said he was speeding and driving across the center line in a no-passing zone on La. 20, causing a wreck that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall. Lacy was arrested and booked for negligent homicide, felony hit and run, and reckless operation of a vehicle. He bonded out less than two hours after being booked. 

[AceBoogie]

19 hours ago, RJK said:

RIP to the 78 year old man he killed 

High level ass hole right here 

[scratched]

9 hours ago, RJK said:

Apparently he was in a pursuit with police and committed suicide after he crashed his car. Doesn’t sound like he was a good kid who just made a mistake imo. 

We have no idea what was going on in this kids mind.. Sounds like he needed help, and wasn't getting it. Good kids can make fatal mistakes, just like bad kids can become good kids. 

[csx]

17 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

High level ass hole right here 

Wtf is wrong with you?

[PleaseCutStewart]

12 hours ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

New information obtained by WBRZ says Lacy was arguing with a family member shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday. He reportedly pulled out a gun and shot it at the ground before leaving the area.

About 30 minutes later, a constable spotted Lacy driving and attempted to make a traffic stop. Deputies said Lacy refused to stop and was chased for several miles before crashing.

A report from the Harris County Sheriff's Office says that when deputies walked up to Lacy's vehicle to take him into custody, they didn't realize he shot himself during the pursuit and before the crash.

The WBRZ Investigative Unit reported that Lacy was set to appear before a grand jury on Monday connected to a fatal crash in Lafourche Parish. He was arrested by Louisiana State Police in December 2024. Troopers said he was speeding and driving across the center line in a no-passing zone on La. 20, causing a wreck that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall. Lacy was arrested and booked for negligent homicide, felony hit and run, and reckless operation of a vehicle. He bonded out less than two hours after being booked. 

While it's awful he ended his life, I'm glad he didn't end up killing anybody else driving his car. Very scary he shot himself while he was still driving the car and I'm glad he didn't hit another car after he did it.

Not sure what is up with all of these SEC players and driving insanely high speeds in cars. I feel like Georgia has about 5 arrests/year with dudes driving over 100 on a highway

[PleaseCutStewart]

3 hours ago, scratched said:

We have no idea what was going on in this kids mind.. Sounds like he needed help, and wasn't getting it. Good kids can make fatal mistakes, just like bad kids can become good kids. 

Yeah, I honestly think when something like this happens (reckless driving that leads to death or serious injury), the person should lose their license for life; I don't care if you are 18 or 60. If they are then caught driving afterwards, mandatory jail time.

I don't think throwing the book at someone (i.e., many years in jail) for a first time offense for something like this is the answer. However, driving, like many things, is a privilege and it should 100% be lost when anybody does something stupid like this.

Edited 22 hours ago by PleaseCutStewart

[rayzor]

tragic all the way around. i feel sorry for everyone involved. 

most of us make mistakes that could have led to someone dying had only one or two tiny variables not worked in our favor.

when mistakes are made, it's important to have a good, graceful, supportive, and redemptive support system around that won't condemn you when everyone and everything else does. kid probably didn't have that. 

[frankw]

17 hours ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

New information obtained by WBRZ says Lacy was arguing with a family member shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday. He reportedly pulled out a gun and shot it at the ground before leaving the area.

About 30 minutes later, a constable spotted Lacy driving and attempted to make a traffic stop. Deputies said Lacy refused to stop and was chased for several miles before crashing.

A report from the Harris County Sheriff's Office says that when deputies walked up to Lacy's vehicle to take him into custody, they didn't realize he shot himself during the pursuit and before the crash.

The WBRZ Investigative Unit reported that Lacy was set to appear before a grand jury on Monday connected to a fatal crash in Lafourche Parish. He was arrested by Louisiana State Police in December 2024. Troopers said he was speeding and driving across the center line in a no-passing zone on La. 20, causing a wreck that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall. Lacy was arrested and booked for negligent homicide, felony hit and run, and reckless operation of a vehicle. He bonded out less than two hours after being booked. 

Unstable mental state and a firearm. Not a good combination. Unfortunately this is a very distinctly American storyline.

[MHS831]

this is going to sound flaky and corny--but not corn flaky--but some of us have been around kids in our professions to learn a lot about them.  I used to think, "That kid needs discipline, so he needs detention or some form of punishment."  I realized that it was not working in the long term--it was hurting.  So I researched it for 20 years. To overly simplify it, I studied the trauma that kids grow up in that is beyond their control.  I studied their developing brains and how they are often stunted by the trauma around the kids.  I came to the conclusion--you don't fix the kid by trying to change him/her, you try to fix their environments.  Bad or violent behavior is nearly always a reaction to the situation that surrounds the kid. It is more about random chance (circumstances he was born into) that some plan to be evil or mean.  Yes, he was wrong to run from the cops and to argue with the family, and to be holding a firearm, etc. But suicide is usually the choice when the victim does not see another way out.  I feel for him, his family, his victims and their families.  I have a fair idea of what might have happened to cause this. If you are middle class, white, and surrounded by a loving, supportive family, judging him would be easy.  If you are from a home that is victimized by bigotry, poverty, and violence--from a broken home characterized by alcohol and drug abuse and incarcerations--you live by a different code.  It is tragic because in all likelihood, we failed him more than he failed us, but society does not think that way.