We, the family of Logan Soulier, are asking for help paying for the legal representation he needs right now, as he awaits sentencing and seeks review of his case.
Logan Soulier was a 17-year-old kid on the day he watched his stepbrother get robbed at gunpoint and killed in front of him. He ran for his life, and he is lucky to be alive, with a gunshot wound to his arm and shrapnel in his back.
Bleeding profusely, he sought shelter and made two desperate phone calls, first to 911 to plead for help, and the second to his mom, crying and apologizing for the situation he found himself in and the pain he knew would follow.
Logan was a senior in high school who, the week before, was shopping for a suit for his senior prom. He was a strong student, worked six days a week as a server at a local restaurant, was an excellent big brother, served as a role model to his many younger nieces and nephews, and had never been in trouble with the law.
Despite these positive attributes, Logan was still a naive, impressionable kid who was loyal to a fault and yearned for acceptance by his older stepbrother. A stepbrother who was old enough to legally own several firearms and routinely would sell some on Facebook Marketplace or other online platforms. So when his stepbrother asked him for a ride so he could sell a handgun, Logan knew it was a bad idea, but he did not want to look disloyal, and he did not want his stepbrother to go alone.
The evidence at trial showed that a heavily armed group of four young men, some with gang affiliations and prior records, along with a fifth man who set up the deal while wearing an ankle monitor and doing community service, posed as buyers while planning all along to rob the stepbrother and whoever came with him. Once the stepbrother handed over the gun he was selling, the robbers carried out their robbery and a melee of gunfire erupted. Logan, holding a gun his stepbrother had given him, returned fire during the exchange and testified that he was trying to protect himself and escape. When it ended, Logan’s stepbrother and two of the armed robbers were dead, and Logan was running for his life with multiple wounds, including a gunshot to his arm.
Despite the clear evidence, and even admissions from the armed robbers that they were there to rob, the Commonwealth’s Attorney pressed murder charges against Logan for the deaths of the two robbers.
The lawyer we hired assured Logan this was an easy case of self-defense, that no jury would find him guilty for the deaths of two armed robbers his now-deceased stepbrother shot in self-defense while being robbed.
But his lawyer underestimated the prosecution, lacked the experience, and was vastly underprepared for a team of experienced prosecutors who desperately wanted a murder conviction for the highly publicized shootout that happened in their jurisdiction.
In January 2026, Logan Soulier was tried as an adult. The jury acquitted him of first-degree murder but convicted him of second-degree felony murder and related charges. Felony murder is a rule that allows someone to be convicted of murder for a death that happens during another crime, even if he did not fire the shots that killed anyone.
Logan knows he made a horrible decision that day, and he’ll have to live with it for the rest of his life. He knows he should never have agreed to accompany his stepbrother to a gun sale and recognizes that his decisions that day were terrible mistakes. But he also knows, and evidence supports, that neither he nor his stepbrother went to this transaction with any intentions other than to sell a firearm, and if it weren’t for the premeditated armed robbery that was orchestrated against them, three young men would still be alive.
To further complicate this tragedy, Logan’s trial lawyer completely abandoned him and the case after the verdict. Despite being fully paid to see this case through to appeal, and despite promising post-trial motions, extensive sentencing preparation, and appeal work, he did not deliver that work, stopped returning our calls, and completely ghosted this young man in his most vulnerable and desperate time of need.
Logan is now sitting in a jail cell, recovering from a gunshot wound, mourning the loss of his stepbrother, and awaiting sentencing. He faces a sentence that could keep him in prison for the rest of his life.
But despite the tremendous uphill battle he’s facing and the gravity of the charges, his fate is NOT yet set in stone. We believe there were serious errors at trial, including poorly formed defense theories and arguments by the Commonwealth’s Attorney that the evidence did not support, as well as strong mitigating factors an experienced lawyer can put in front of the judge at sentencing.
That is what your donation will help pay for: experienced counsel to prepare Logan’s sentencing case, review the full trial record, and pursue available post-trial motions and appellate relief. That work needs to begin now so his new lawyer has time to prepare before sentencing and protect his appeal rights. We are asking for help giving Logan the preparation and representation his future depends on.
While incarcerated, Logan has turned to his faith, studies the Bible daily, has earned his high school diploma, and has started college classes. He still has plans and ambitions for his future, including sharing his story with young kids and showing how quickly one poor decision can change the rest of your life.
We had hoped we would not have to make this plea, but after paying for Logan’s original representation, our family has exhausted the funds available to keep paying alone. We humbly ask for your support, your prayers, and, if you are able, a donation of any size so Logan can finally get the defense he deserves.
Every dollar raised goes to the lawyers handling Logan’s sentencing, post-trial motions, and appeal.
If you cannot give right now, you can still help: please share this page with anyone who might. And please keep Logan in your prayers, along with every family that lost a son that day.
