The 19-year-old accused of fatally shooting three people in Florida, including a TV journalist and a 9-year-old girl, was a 'known gang member' with a lengthy criminal history, according to officials and his criminal background.
was a"known gang member" who had a lengthy rap sheet that included arrests on grand theft and domestic violence charges, according to officials and his criminal background.
But questions remain as to the motive. Mina said that the cause of the shootings is under investigation and the suspect has been uncooperative so far.Moses had a rap sheet dating back to January 2018, when he was 14, and stretching through 2022, according to his criminal record by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.He was arrested in January 2018 on a grand theft of a motor vehicle charge that was amended to misdemeanor trespassing in Orange County Court.
He was most recently rearrested last April 28 by Orlando police on a charge of failure to appear in court, according to publicly available data. She explained that under current law, the Department of Juvenile Justice has jurisdiction when a child is sentenced. She said she has proposed to legislators that the rules be changed regarding juvenile justice to extend the period of time that children can be held in juvenile programs.Moses was arrested Wednesday evening, charged in the initial slaying. Mina said Thursday he is confident the suspect will be charged in subsequent killings.
The driver said that he hadn’t heard any argument between the suspect and victim and “did not know each other.”Moses then returned to the scene about four hours later around 4 p.m., and shot atand photojournalist Jesse Walden who were in or near a vehicle, Mina said. Lyons was killed and Walden was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday evening.
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