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Lacy took his own life on April 12 following a police chase in Texas, just two days before he was scheduled to appear before a grand jury on charges of felony negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run, and reckless operation of a vehicle stemming from a December 17 crash that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall.
Attorney Matt Ory said that evidence from the Lafourche Parish District Attorney's Office shows Lacy was more than 72 yards behind the crash when it occurred. Ory provided video footage showing Lacy's lime green Dodge Charger positioned well behind the collision.
"The collision that resulted in the death of Mr. Herman was not caused by Mr. Lacy's actions," Ory said in a February statement. "The accident occurred directly in front of him when a second vehicle in the oncoming lane crossed the center line and collided with Mr. Herman's vehicle."
While Ory acknowledged Lacy did illegally pass other vehicles in a no-pass zone, he said the notion that Lacy was illegally passing at the time of the crash was "100 percent false." According to the DA's report cited by Ory, Lacy was in the proper lane when the crash occurred.
The driver who struck and killed Hall reportedly told police she was trying to avoid a gold truck—not Lacy's lime green Charger, according to the report. The DA's report noted that the state trooper interviewing the driver "attempted to recap what she was saying, which seems to contradict her statements," Ory said.
Ory also criticized investigators for failing to question a passenger who was riding with Lacy and was captured on video exiting the vehicle.
