A man from Venice, Illinois pleaded guilty on Apr. 13 to carjacking and firing a weapon at another person in St. Louis in 2024.
Harry Moore, age 21, admitted in U.S. District Court to one felony count of carjacking and one felony count of possession and brandishing a firearm during a violent crime. According to court documents, Moore drove a stolen Cadillac with two armed passengers, including a juvenile, to the 2900 block of Minnesota Avenue on Sept. 4, where they robbed the driver of a Subaru Outback at gunpoint. Moore also demanded that the victim unlock his phone and provide his debit card PIN.
After the robbery, Moore went to a gas station where he used the victim’s debit card to withdraw more than $200 from an ATM and transferred $200 using Cash App from the victim’s phone. About an hour later near Ballpark Village downtown, Moore fired multiple rounds from a .45-caliber handgun at someone he recognized as being part of a rival group as that person fled into a parking garage.
Investigators found both the juvenile accomplice and the stolen vehicle later that day in East St. Louis. On Oct. 10, authorities arrested Moore inside a home in Cahokia Heights and recovered three firearms there—including the Glock used during the shooting.
Moore is scheduled for sentencing on July 27; he faces up to fifteen years for carjacking plus at least seven years for brandishing a firearm during commission of violence—sentences which must be served consecutively.
The case was investigated by local police departments alongside federal agencies such as the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Martin.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri advances community well-being by working with entities to prevent crime and improve quality of life, according to the official website. The office uses both Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis and Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. U.S. Courthouse in Cape Girardeau according to its official website. Operating under the United States Department of Justice as stated online, it serves forty-nine counties across eastern Missouri while investigating federal crimes such as terrorism or fraud—and enforcing civil rights according to its official website.
