Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Moreno Valley, California

From the Riverside Press-Enterprise of April 26, 2005
Man killed in self-defense, authorities say

Investigators have identified the gunman in a weekend shooting in Moreno Valley, although the man is not in custody because he is believed to have killed in self-defense, authorities said Monday.

Police are not releasing the man's name until the district attorney's office decides whether to file charges.

Investigators say he shot and killed 37-year-old Vincent Ernest Moore of Inglewood.

"We're looking at it as a justifiable homicide," Sgt. John Schultz of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Central Homicide Unit said Monday. "That's why the guy wasn't arrested."

The incident was Moreno Valley's third homicide in 2005 and 12th in the last 13 months.

Shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday, Moore was shot and killed outside the house where his ex-wife lives in the 22600 block of Climbing Rose Drive, Moreno Valley police Sgt. Joel Ontiveros said Sunday in a news release.

According to Schultz, Moore first kicked the front door of the house, and then later punched the woman's new husband. The husband of Moore's ex-wife shot and killed Moore, Schultz said.

According to court records, there had been an outstanding warrant for Moore's arrest in Riverside County since September 2004 for making criminal threats. Schultz said Moore had threatened his ex-wife and her new husband in the past, and there was a restraining order against him.

A friend of Moore's painted a different picture, however.

Freddie Leslie, 55, who said he knew Moore for seven years, described his friend as a good parent and good person.

Leslie said he used to help Moore plant trees in his yard when he used to live at his ex-wife's Moreno Valley residence.

He came over with others to watch basketball games.
No subsequent stories about this incident were found.

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