Statesville Man Who Shot Officer In The Back Sentenced To Prison

A Statesville man was sentenced to multiple years in prison on gun and drug charges in the Iredell County Superior Court on Monday.

26-year old Keith Eugene Lackey Jr. was charged with three counts of cocaine possession, attempted MDMA trafficking, two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, and a misdemeanor of carrying a concealed gun.

Statesville police arrested him in June of 2018 after he shot an officer in the back while they were patrolling in Lackey’s neighborhood. For that incident, the department charged Lackey with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and firing a gun within the city limits.

Judge Joseph Crosswhite ordered Lackey to serve 47 to 84 months in prison.