Murder charge filed in 2008 drive-by slaying
R.C. Moore was 15 at time of shooting
Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old Kansas City man in a 2008 drive-by shooting that left a teenager dead.Michael Gant, 19, was shot outside the Lucille Bluford Library near 31st Street and Prospect Avenue on Nov. 13, 2008. Police found his body in the back of a nearby home.R.C. Moore IV has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.According to court records, witnesses said Moore was a passenger in a Pontiac Grand Am that drove past the library on the night of the shooting. The witness said Moore saw someone he recognized, asked the driver to turn around and then Moore fired the shots out the back of the vehicle.Moore was 15 at the time of the shooting. Prosecutors said he has been certified to stand trial as an adult.
Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old Kansas City man in a 2008 drive-by shooting that left a teenager dead.
Michael Gant, 19, was shot outside the Lucille Bluford Library near 31st Street and Prospect Avenue on Nov. 13, 2008. Police found his body in the back of a nearby home.
R.C. Moore IV has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.
According to court records, witnesses said Moore was a passenger in a Pontiac Grand Am that drove past the library on the night of the shooting. The witness said Moore saw someone he recognized, asked the driver to turn around and then Moore fired the shots out the back of the vehicle.
Moore was 15 at the time of the shooting. Prosecutors said he has been certified to stand trial as an adult.