A Norfolk man is facing multiple felony-level allegations after police say he assaulted a woman multiple times and threatened her while holding a firearm inside a residence in the 1200 block of Norfolk Avenue. Michael Lackey, 42, was arrested following the investigation and booked into the Norfolk City Jail on suspicion of terroristic threats, child abuse and third-degree domestic assault.
Police opened an investigation into the alleged incident. The case was also detailed by Norfolk NE Radio, which reported that Lackey was arrested on October 16 in Norfolk, Nebraska, following the police division's investigation.
Investigators said their work included interviews with the alleged victim, Lackey himself and a child who witnessed the incident, along with a review of home security camera footage from the residence. That combination of evidence led police to determine that Lackey assaulted the woman multiple times and threatened her while holding a firearm, the outlet's report states.
Two Handguns Seized From the Home
Officers collected two handguns from the residence as evidence during the investigation, according to the same report. The findings were attributed to Capt. Michael Bauer, who is identified as a Norfolk Police Division captain and who provided the details in a press release.
Lackey was booked into the Norfolk City Jail following his arrest. He faces suspicion of terroristic threats, child abuse and third-degree domestic assault, offenses that fall under Nebraska statutes addressing terroristic threats, child abuse and domestic assault under state law.
Part of a Troubling Statewide Pattern
The Norfolk case lands amid broader concern about domestic violence involving firearms across Nebraska. The Nebraska Attorney General's office reported that its Domestic Abuse Death Review Team completed 41 comprehensive case reviews involving 46 victims, and that the state identified 30 domestic-abuse-related deaths in 2025 alone, more intimate-partner murder-suicides than in 2023 and 2024 combined, according to the agency's own account.
A separate accounting from the Nebraska Coalition found that roughly a quarter of all domestic abuse deaths in the state since 2022 involved murder-suicide, almost always tied to a current or former intimate partner, with that share jumping to 43 percent of deaths in 2025.
No court information, including a plea or bond status for Lackey, has been released.
