The former LSU recipient, Kyren Lacy, died by apparent suicide during a police pursuit in Houston. The 24 -year -old was faced with accusations related to a 2024 fatal car accident in Louisiana who had had an impact on his NFL recovery prospects.
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Former LSU recipient, Kyren Lacy, died at the age of 24 in an apparent suicide in his car while he was prosecuted by the authorities in Houston, according to a report by Harrison County Sheriff published on Sunday.
Lacy was already faced with criminal charges resulting from a fatal car accident in Louisiana last December which had darkened its NFL prospects.
The Harris county authorities say that their lacy prosecution late Saturday evening ended when Lacy crashed. When the police approached the vehicle to extract Lacy, they say he died in apparent suicide, according to the report.
Lacy was declared dead on the scene by emergency speakers.
“We are saddened to learn the tragic death of the former student-athlete-athlete of LSU football, Kyren Lacy. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and relatives, as well as his former teammates and coaches affected by his death,” said LSU in a statement.
Who was Kyren Lacy?
Originally from Thibodaux, in Louisiana, Lacy has had a promising football career. During the 2024 college season, he led LSU with nine affected and finished second in the team in the two receptions (58) and the reception yards (866). It was considered a potential choice of day 2 or day 3 in the next draft of the NFL before the emergence of legal problems.
Lacy said for NFL’s draft shortly after the accident, but did not play in the LSU Texas Bowl victory over Baylor on December 31.
The alleged involvement of Lacy in an accident that killed a 78 -year -old man in the parish of Lafourche, in Louisiana, had an impact on his project prospects. The reports suggest that he accelerated and passed into a non-passing zone, when a motorist who was avoiding Dodge Charge de Lacy crashed in another vehicle.
Herman Hall of Thibodaux, which was involved in a front accident, died after being transported to hospital, according to a state police report.
State police authorities C in Gray, Louisiana, said that Lacy had fled the accident location without calling for help. Lacy has been reserved with negligence homicide, an offense of offense and an reckless operation of a vehicle.
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