OAKLAND — Prosecutors here have charged a local resident with firing a gun and resisting police, crimes he allegedly committed before and after being shot in the shoulder by a police sergeant.
Reggie Lacy, 25, of Oakland, was charged with negligent discharge of a firearm, unlawful firearm activity, gun possession and resisting a peace officer. He is being held at Santa Rita Jail, where he was transferred after being treated for his gunshot wound, court records show.
Oakland police Sgt. Jared Blue-Lowry shot Lacy in the shoulder just two days after Lacy started a house arrest term for a prior gun possession conviction, court records show. Prosecutors allege that Lacy fired a gun outside his apartment on the 6600 block of MacArthur Boulevard and that Blue-Lowry, who was within earshot, ran over to arrest him.
The sergeant reportedly shot Lacy during a foot chase. Despite the wound, Lacy was able to barricade himself in his apartment but eventually surrendered to police, authorities said. Police haven’t released any video of the shooting.
The terms of Lacy’s house arrest included a specific provision that he not possess firearms. The case involved a California Highway Patrol officer observing Lacy speed by at 95 miles per hour on State Route 92 in Hayward last October, according to court records. The CHP officer activated his vehicle’s lights, but said in his report Lacy was “slow” to yield and continued for another half-mile before pulling over on a Hayward street.
Lacy’s bail has been set at $50,000, and he is also being held on suspicion of violating the terms of his house arrest, according to jail records. He pleaded not guilty at a court appearance on Jan. 8.
