Carl Lackl Jr. saw a random man shot in the street ? and tried to help, waiting with the victim until an ambulance arrived. For this good Samaritan act, killers put a bounty of $2,500 on the Rosedale father?s head and executed him in front of his 2-year-old daughter, prosecutors said Wednesday after a federal grand jury returned indictments against four men charged in Lackl?s death.
“We?re very relieved the feds are taking over,” said Lackl?s younger sister, Lori, who?s moved away from Baltimore City because of her brother?s slaying.
“Justice will be served.”
Patrick Byers Jr., 22; Frank Goodman, 22; Steven “L-Trigger” Thompson, 26; and Michael “L-Killa” Randle, 19, all of Baltimore City, were charged Wednesday with murdering Lackl, a witness scheduled to testify against Byers in that Baltimore City homicide.
Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein pledged to “act swiftly and effectively against anyone who tries to harm a witness.”
On July 2, the men obtained a loaded .44 magnum handgun and went to Lackl?s home, where a co-conspirator, Johnathan Cornish, 15, used the gun to shoot Lackl three times, killing him, authorities said.
Conspiracy members received a total of $2,500 as payment for the slaying, prosecutors said.
Cornish; Marcus Pearson, 26; Ronald Williams, 21; and Tammy Graham, 21, all of Baltimore City, are all charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court in the murder conspiracy but have not been federally indicted.
Rosenstein said no decision has been made whether to pursue federal indictments against those four.
“Crime doesn?t stop at the borders outside Baltimore City,” said Baltimore City State?s Attorney Patricia Jessamy. “They go across jurisdiction lines, as this horrendous crime demonstrates. It will not be tolerated.”
Lackl?s sister, Lori Lackl said the family was undecided about whether they wanted the federal government to pursue the death penalty against the men.
“In the past six months, my whole view of the world is completely changed. I used to think about the good in people,” she said.
“The reality of the world has really come to light. It?s a really disgusting, scary place. This will keep my family in turmoil for a long time. We really hope this indictment sparks something so that this doesn?t have to happen to any other family.”
