The Shooting of Judge Steven Meyer and Kimberly Meyer
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On Sunday January 18, 2026, somebody shot Judge Steven Meyer and his wife Kimberly Meyer in Lafayette, Indiana.
A Journal & Courier article on Judge Steven Meyer's upcoming retirement: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2020/11/04/tippecanoe-county-voters-select-three-superior-court-judges-including-one-who-says-he-wont-serve-ben/6130268002/
Fox News's coverage of Judge Steven Meyer's work on cases associated with the Natalia Grace case and trials involving Michael and Kristine Barnett: https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-judge-bizarre-natalia-grace-case-shot-home-attack-police-hunt-suspect
The Indianapolis Star's coverage of the shooting of the Meyers and Kim Meyer's statement: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2026/01/19/tippecanoe-county-superior-judge-steve-meyer-wife-shot-lafayette-indiana/88253624007/
Fox 59's coverage of the shooting of Judge Steve Meyer and Kim Meyer: https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/tippecanoe-co-judge-identified-as-victim-in-lafayette-shooting/
Indiana Citizen's coverage of the shooting: https://indianacitizen.org/based-in-lafayette-story-judge-shot-at-his-lafayette-home-sunday-investigation-continues/
We also accessed Journal & Courier coverage of Judge Meyer's career through Newspapers.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the murder sheet, we're going to be discussing the shooting and attempted murder of a judge and his wife up in Lafayette, Indiana. |
| 0:10.2 | Content warning this episode contains discussion of violence. |
| 0:15.3 | So this is a really troubling situation that unfolded this past weekend. So we're recording this on |
| 0:25.9 | Wednesday, January 21st. This happened on Sunday, January 18th. And this involved the shooting |
| 0:33.9 | of Judge Stephen Meyer and his wife, Kimberly Meyer, near, you know, at their house in Lafayette. |
| 0:40.8 | And any attack against the judge is obviously going to be something that's really taken very |
| 0:46.2 | seriously and is deeply upsetting. And as of right now, as the recording of this, there's not |
| 0:51.2 | any information on anyone being arrested about over this situation. |
| 0:55.4 | So we're going to cover it, talk about what we know so far, talk about what we don't know, and get into it. |
| 1:01.7 | My name is Anya Kane. I'm a journalist. |
| 1:04.6 | And I'm Kevin Greenlee. I'm an attorney. |
| 1:07.1 | And this is The Murder Sheet. |
| 1:08.5 | We're a true crime podcast focused on original reporting, interviews, and deep dives into murder cases. |
| 1:15.2 | We're The Murder Sheet. |
| 1:16.7 | And this is the shooting of Judge Stephen Meyer and Kimberly Meyer. |
| 1:30.3 | And this is the shooting of Judge Stephen Meyer and Kimberly Meyer. The The The |
| 1:47.0 | The I think before we get into what happened here, Kevin, |
| 2:11.4 | maybe it would be good to start out with a bit of a discussion about violence against judges or attorneys or people who are in the criminal justice system |
| 2:23.9 | and why those cases sort of stand out in a very specific way and should kind of spark a lot of concern. |
| 2:33.3 | Well, one reason is that they are essentially an attack on the legal system itself. |
| 2:42.0 | People who do things like this often do it because they don't like the result of a proceeding. |
| 2:49.6 | Oh, the attorney was out to get me. The judge was out to get me. |
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