Overview

• Lacy’s attorney, Matt Ory, presented surveillance footage he says shows Lacy’s car 72.6 yards behind the vehicles at the moment of impact in the Dec. 17, 2024 collision that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall.
• The video, aired by HTV10, shows the head‑on crash first and a car identified as Lacy’s appearing nearly four seconds later, slowing and passing the scene.
• Louisiana State Police had alleged Lacy recklessly passed multiple vehicles by crossing the centerline and then left the scene without rendering aid, leading to negligent homicide, felony hit‑and‑run and related charges.
• Ory also cites body‑cam material he says shows a trooper shaping a witness account and notes investigators did not interview a passenger from Lacy’s vehicle, assertions not independently verified in public records.
• The criminal case ended when Lacy, 24, died by an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot wound during a police pursuit on April 12, a day before a scheduled grand‑jury review, and law‑enforcement findings have not been officially rescinded.