UPDATE: Multiple Arrests Made In Shooting Of Judge, Wife

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Don Arpeggio

Police in Lafayette, Indiana, have arrested five individuals in connection with the shooting of an Indiana state court judge and his wife.

Judge And Wife Shot At Their Home, Suspect Reportedly Still At Large

According to The New York Times, officials said in court documents that the “attack was part of a plot to murder the judge in order to delay the trial of one of the alleged conspirators in another case.”

Police arrested three of the individuals on attempted murder charges.

Fox News shared further:

The Lafayette Police Department said Raylen Ferguson, 38, and Zenada Greer, 61, both of Lexington, Ky., and Thomas Moss, 43, Blake Smith, 32, and Amanda Milsap, 45, all from Lafayette, Ind., were taken into custody following the Jan. 18 attack on Tippecanoe County Judge Steven Meyer and his wife Kimberly. Steven Meyer sustained an arm injury, while Kimberly Meyer had a hip injury. Both are now in stable condition, police said.

Ferguson, Moss and Smith were arrested on charges including attempted murder, aggravated battery and intimidation with a deadly weapon, with gang and firearm enhancements. Police also listed Moss and Smith as “habitual offenders.”

Milsap was arrested on bribery and obstruction of justice charges, while Greer was charged with assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice.

“These arrests are the result of a comprehensive, collaborative effort among multiple agencies,” the Lafayette Police Department said.

Sunday’s incident marked the first recorded act of violence against the judge, according to the Lafayette Police Department. Officials had no records of previous threats against Meyer or 911 calls from the judge’s Mill Pond Lane address, a department spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Judge Meyer shared a statement on Wednesday, expressing his faith and confidence in the judicial system.

“This horrific violence will not shake my belief in the importance of peacefully resolving disputes,” he wrote, according to The New York Times.

“I remain confident we have the best judicial system in the world and I am proud to be part of it,” he added.

More from The New York Times:

In the court documents, officials describe a conspiracy among Mr. Moss, Mr. Smith and Mr. Ferguson to kill Judge Meyer in order to impede the progress of the court case involving Mr. Moss.

As part of the plot, the court documents say, Mr. Smith purchased the gun used in the attack. Mr. Ferguson obtained a face mask to disguise his appearance, the documents say, and then went to the judge’s house and fired it several times.

“Raylen Ferguson did strike the judge with at least one of the shots fired from his firearm; when fleeing the scene of the shooting, Ferguson disposed of clothing material, the firearm and other items which were utilized,” the court documents say.

The documents say that several of the defendants had also tried to coerce a prospective witness in Mr. Moss’s trial to fail to appear in court.

With attacks on public figures on the increase recently, the shooting in Lafayette prompted Loretta Rush, the chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, to warn judges in the state to remain vigilant.

“I worry about the safety of all our judges,” Chief Justice Rush wrote in a public statement. “As you work to peacefully resolve more than one million cases a year, you must not only feel safe, you must also be safe.”

Judge Meyer, who had recently announced that he planned to retire at the end of 2026, has served on the bench for 12 years, presiding over a number of high-profile cases in the area. Before becoming a judge, he was a member of the Lafayette City Council.

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