Indiana judge and wife allegedly shot by 'high ranking' gang member facing trial in victim's court

The Lafayette Police Department announced successful a quality merchandise that 5 radical were arrested aft Judge Steven Meyer and his woman Kimberly were changeable astatine their location connected Sunday. One of the suspects arrested successful the shooting of the Indiana justice and his woman was acceptable to basal proceedings successful the judge’s ain courtroom days later, records show.

Thomas Moss, 43, Blake Smith, 32, and Amanda Milsap, 45, each from Lafayette, Ind., arsenic good Raylen Ferguson, 38, and Zenada Greer, 61, some from Lexington, Ky., were each arrested successful transportation with the shooting. The mates is successful unchangeable condition, according to police.

Dispatch audio obtained by Fox News Digital shows that the shooter allegedly knocked connected the doorway of Judge Steven Meyer and his woman Kimberly Meyer's location astir 2:15 p.m. Sunday, past fired gunshots done the door. Before firing the gun, the fishy said, "We person your dog," according to the audio.

One time aft the shooting, instrumentality enforcement learned that Smith antecedently bought a firearm matching the 1 utilized successful the attack, according to a probable origin affidavit. A partial serial fig was recovered connected the firearm. 

Smith, according to officials, is an subordinate of Moss, who's a "high-ranking member" of the Indiana section of the Phantom Motorcycle Club, which they picture arsenic a gang. Moss was besides antecedently progressive with the Vice Lord gang, according to tribunal documents. Prosecutors accidental that Smith is besides portion of the Phantom Motorcycle Club.

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The Lafayette Police Department said, near to right, Thomas Moss, Raylen Ferguson, Amanda Milsap and Zenada Greer were arrested pursuing the shooting of justice Steven Meyer and his woman Kimberly successful Lafayette, Ind., connected Jan. 18, 2026. Blake Smith, who was besides taken into custody, is not pictured. (Lafayette Police Department/Ron Wilkins/Journal & Courier/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Smith and Moss person some had cases being heard by Judge Meyer, according to records.

Moss was scheduled to look successful tribunal 2 days aft the shooting serviceman for a assemblage proceedings that Meyer was presiding over, regarding charges dating backmost to 2024.

In June 2024, tribunal records amusement Moss was charged with 3 felony counts of home battery, 3 felony counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, 2 felony counts of intimidation and felony transgression recklessness.

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An Indiana justice and his woman were wounded successful a Lafayette shooting Sunday day arsenic local, authorities and national authorities investigate. (Tippecanoe Superior Court)

On June 19, 2024, Moss's ex-wife, who helium was surviving with astatine the time, told constabulary that Moss deed her with a broomstick successful the backmost of her leg, tribunal documents show. After allegedly hitting her connected the backmost of her leg, Moss said "he would deed her harder the adjacent clip if she did not travel his instructions," the tribunal records show. One time later, the pistillate told constabulary that Moss said she was a enslaved and threatened to "hit her successful the head."

In an October 2022 incident, Moss’s ex-wife alleged that helium fired shots into the level aft their lad became upset astir having to assistance them get backmost into the residence due to the fact that they were locked out. Police said that officers recovered respective slug holes successful a closet down the surviving country and successful the bathroom. The ex-wife told constabulary that Moss had respective firearms wrong the house.

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An Indiana justice and his woman were wounded successful a Lafayette shooting Sunday day arsenic local, authorities and national authorities investigate. (Ron Wilkins/Journal & Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images | Indiana.gov)

Moss's ex-girlfriend claimed that Milsap offered her $10,000 connected behalf of Moss and a pack not to attest successful the upcoming hearing.

Moss has a lengthy transgression grounds with convictions including artillery resulting successful superior bodily injury, transgression recklessness portion equipped with a deadly weapon, transgression mischief and transgression trespass, constabulary said successful earlier tribunal documents.