Harry Moore, Carjacking and Gun Crime, Missouri 2024

A brazen carjacking and shooting in St. Louis has ended with the guilty plea of a 21-year-old man from Venice, Illinois. Harry Moore admitted to driving a stolen car to the 2900 block of Minnesota Avenue in St. Louis on September 4, 2024, where two armed people got out and demanded the wallet, iPhone, and keys from the driver of a Subaru Outback at gunpoint.

Moore was also armed and demanded that the victim unlock his phone and provide his debit card PIN. He then drove to a gas station, followed by his accomplices, and used the victim's debit card to withdraw more than $200 from an ATM. He also transferred $200 to someone via Cash App using the victim's phone.

About an hour later, Moore was in the front passenger seat of the Outback when he spotted someone from a rival group walking near Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis. Moore fired multiple rounds from a .45-caliber handgun as his target fled into a parking garage.

Later that day, investigators found the juvenile and the stolen Outback in East St. Louis. On October 10, 2024, Moore was arrested inside a home in Cahokia Heights, Illinois. Investigators found three firearms there, including the Glock used in the shooting.

Moore is scheduled to be sentenced on July 27. The carjacking charge is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, while the brandishing charge is punishable by at least seven years in prison, consecutive to the sentence he receives for the carjacking charge.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the FBI, and the St. Clair County (Illinois) Sheriff's Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Martin is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

Moore's guilty plea is a significant blow to the violent crime that plagues our streets. The St. Louis community can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that justice will be served.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/illinois-man-admits-carjacking-shooting-st-louis