‘Inconsistencies’ found in police report on LSU’s Kyren Lacy

An investigator with the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office said in a report released Wednesday that the car that collided with a vehicle and killed a 78-year-old man was not experiencing an “imminent head-on crash” with the vehicle driven by the former. LSU Wide receiver Kieran Lacey.

Herman Hall died of his injuries a few hours after the December 17, 2024 accident.

Reports estimate that Lacy was driving a Dodge Charger southbound on Louisiana Highway 20 at 88 mph before the collision. The posted speed limit was 40 mph. The report cites video that shows Laci entering the northbound lane and passing four vehicles in a no-passing zone. The report estimates that Lacey had returned to the southbound lane 92.3 yards from the crash site before the crash occurred.

According to the April 11, 2025 report, the driver of a pickup truck heading north “thought Kieran Lacy was going to hit him, so he slammed on his brakes” and turned right into a parking spot.

The vehicle that crashed into Hall, a Kia Cadenza, was traveling “very close” to the pickup truck, “which caused him to take evasive action to avoid being struck from behind,” the report said. [the truck.],

The report also states that the driver of the Cadenza turned the wheel 75 degrees to the driver’s side and collided with the car in which Hall was a passenger.

Lacy was charged with gross negligent homicide and hit-and-run driving and misdemeanor reckless driving. The Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office had not formally charged Lacey and was preparing to send the case to a grand jury for indictment on April 14.

Lacy, 24, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his car while being pursued by authorities in Houston on April 12, according to Harris County Sheriff’s reports.

Investigator Warren Calais’ report said there are “numerous inconsistencies” in the report submitted by the Louisiana State Police, particularly that it “gives the impression” that Lacy was actively passing vehicles at the time of the collision, “which is incorrect.” It also noted that one of the video cameras police used to investigate the collision had audio that was “not properly synchronized” and made it appear that Lacy was closer to the collision than he actually was.

Lacy’s attorney Matthew Ory revealed some of the investigation’s findings in an interview with a Louisiana television station last week. On Tuesday, Louisiana State Police released details of their investigation and said, “All evidence collected supports the conclusion that Lacey’s reckless operation of the green Charger into oncoming traffic led to the chain of events involving other drivers that ultimately resulted in the fatal crash.”

On Friday, police released the following statement to ESPN:

“The Louisiana State Police stands by the findings of its fatal crash investigation. Throughout this investigation, Troopers utilized their extensive training as accident investigators and accident reconstructionists. The investigative process included analyzing multiple eyewitness accounts, reviewing multiple video sources, and collecting and examining physical evidence from the scene and from the vehicles involved in the crash. This evidence was used to determine the factors that contributed to the crash.”

When contacted by ESPN Friday morning, Calais, chairman of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association Investigator Board, said he had no comment on their investigation and referred ESPN to the district attorney’s office. David Melancon, the district attorney’s public information officer, declined to comment.

Asked why the District Attorney’s Office continued to move forward with a grand jury if the report cast some doubt on Lacey’s culpability, Melancon said, “We are not commenting at this time.”

Ori did not return multiple calls from ESPN.

“There is no dispute that there was a green Charger that was driving very fast, passing cars in the no-passing zone, somewhere around 80 mph in a 40 mph zone, and that led to the rest of the incident,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said at a news conference Wednesday. “It was not clear what charges he would have been charged with. It was clear what had happened.”