Bronx Man Charged With Gunfire by Subway After 25 Years in Jail Has Release Overturned
District Judge Caproni vacated the last weeks order to release Walter Moore, after video shown of him shooting at two men his lawyer said he understand to have raped his girlfriend. The case continues
By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
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SDNY MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Nov 14 - In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on November 10, a detention or bond proceeding was held by Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave on a 68 year old defendant charged with twice recently shooting a gun on the streets of The Bronx.
Inner City Press was there, the only media in the Mag Court.
The defendant Walter Moore, according to the Assistant US Attorney, had fired a gun on June 14 by 4702 White Plains Road, under the elevated train. A bullet shattered the door of a bodega. It was three in the afternoon.
Then, the AUSA said, Moore again fired a gun on September 19 in front of the building where he lives. He asked for detention.
The Federal Defenders emphasized his age, and that he had just spent 10 years on New York State probation, without reported incident.
Yes, the AUSA said, after serving 25 years in prison for hitting a woman with a pipe and throwing her out the windows.
Judge Cave said that once Moore got a co-signer, and his house checked for installation of GPS tracking, he could be released.
The AUSA asked a stay, in order to appeal. At first Judge Cave said a stay was unnecessary, since Moore will lacked the co-signer and home visit. But after some phone calls, the stayed was extended.
On November 14, District Judge Valerie E. Caproni heard the appeal, and Inner City Press was there. Two videos were shown of the June 2022 shooting - a young man went into the bodega, words were exchange, Moore fired at him and another young man who both ran down the sidewalk toward City Lane Farmacia.
The Federal Defender, when asked why the two were shot at, said the Moore "understands them to have raped his girlfriend." Judge Caproni said even if it were true, Moore can't hunt people. She noted he spent $1600 on a gun, while on a limited income. There was also the still unexplained shooting at 740 Cranford Avenue where he lives.
Judge Caproni ordered Moore detained, but issued detailed medical instructions about his disks and kidney.
Inner City Press will stay on the case. It is US v. Walter Moore, 22-mj-8937 (Cave / Caproni).
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