LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Workplace is not going to pursue felony costs within the December 2024 taking pictures loss of life of 36-year-old Deandre Luckey—concluding that the person who shot and killed him did so in self-defense.
On Dec. 29, 2024 at round 10:40 p.m., officers from the Lansing Police Division had been dispatched to the 4900 block of Belle Chase Blv for a reported taking pictures. Officers discovered Luckey and a 25-year-old man with gunshot wounds after they arrived.
Luckey was discovered exterior of an condo complicated with a number of gunshot wounds to his higher physique, and was taken to McLaren Better Lansing by way of ambulance. There, he died of his accidents. The opposite man, who police present in an condo, was taken to Sparrow Hospital and was handled for a gunshot wound to the chest.
Detectives from LPD and the Michigan State Police investigated the incident.
In accordance with Ingham County Prosecutor John J. Dewane, surveillance video from exterior of the condo constructing reveals Luckey attacking the opposite man whereas armed with a pistol in an try to rob him. Throughout the altercation, Luckey shot the person within the chest. In response, the person—additionally armed—shot Luckey thrice within the higher chest.
Underneath Michigan regulation, an individual has the authorized proper to make use of lethal pressure when obligatory to guard themselves. The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Workplace concluded that the person who shot Luckey acted in lawful self-defense,an d the workplace is not going to pursue costs towards him.
