Preparedness
DC Shooter Granted Home Arrest — Public Safety or Personal Interest?
In an unexpected legal turn of events in Washington, D.C., a young man of 18 years, Amonte Moody, who was reported to have recklessly fired dozens of shots on a city street, has surprisingly been granted pre-trial home arrest. This decision of the court comes despite the apparent danger the gun-firing incident posed to the public at large.
Late at night on April 22nd, Moody is alleged to have swiftly emerged from his residence on Independence Avenue SE, roughly a mile and a half from the U.S. Capitol, and recklessly fired numerous shots down the street. This was captured in footage from two Ring cameras.
Though the camera footage does not directly reveal Moody’s intended target, there have been suggestions that the flurry of bullets was aimed at a vehicle transporting four individuals. By sheer luck, there was no report of any injuries from the incident.
Upon arriving at the scene, the police are reported to have discovered 26 spent shell casings on the street and a disassembled AR-15 hidden in the ceiling of Moody’s home. Moody was arrested and was later charged with felony endangerment with a firearm and possession of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime.
Even with the severity of the incident and the collected incriminating evidence, on May 3rd, Magistrate Judge Lloyd Nolan approved a pre-trial release and home arrest for Moody in nearby Maryland. This arrangement requires Moody to wear an ankle monitor and prohibits contact with the passengers of the vehicle he allegedly targeted.
Denise Krepp, a local attorney and previous chief counsel for the U.S. Maritime Administration under President Barack Obama, spoke with Blaze News about the court’s decision, labeling it as “insanity.”
“Where are the grown-ups?” Krepp asked rhetorically about the D. C.-area justice system. “Where are the real grown-ups?”
Krepp further noted that D.C. judges have the flexibility to remand violent suspects to jail, but they often choose to release them, putting personal interests ahead of public safety.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. shares the same sentiment of outrage regarding Judge Nolan’s decision. In a move to overturn the verdict, prosecutors called for an emergency hearing on Monday.
“The defendant unloaded an AR-15 into the middle of a public, residential street. The defendant fired 26 rounds, littering the street with shell casings. Anyone who happened to walk into that street at that moment could have been killed as an innocent bystander. Everyone in the car the defendant targeted was at risk. Every resident of that street was at risk,” read a part of the USAO’s filing.
Watch a local news report about the incident below:
Let us know what you think, please share your thoughts in the comments below.
Bret
May 12, 2024 at 11:19 am
The perpetrator was black and his attempted victims were on the right. Simple.
Jeff Boggs
May 12, 2024 at 1:21 pm
Allowing thugs to continue roaming the streets is a recipe for Federal/State Authorities to announce Marshall Law in America.
MARK MY WORDS.
Daniel Quigley
May 12, 2024 at 2:03 pm
This is why DC has been called the City where the children rule. When Adults are in positions to keep Criminals off the street it’s been proven that Crime and Shootings drop dramatically. But in cities where the Children Rule its Armageddon with people being killed with the Criminals using Bricks,Knives,Machetes, Hammers and yes even Guns to rule those Blue Cities. It used to be if a Gun was used in a Crime or Criminal Act you got the Monopoly Charge of ” Go to Jail,Go Directly to Jail!!” Now it’s a open door policy of unless you kill a Politician’s Friend your out before the ink dries on the Police Paperwork. We thought it was bad when those Democrat Governor’s opened the Jails and Prisons during Covid, sadly that was just the warm up of rampant Crime. Now we have a Screen Door securing our Southern Border and every country on this Earth opening up their Jails and Prisons and flying those Criminals to Mexico knowing the United States will take them all in. Let’s just hope the Thugs start getting smart and start cleaning out the Politician’s that have allowed this unstoppable Crime wave to begin
paul
May 12, 2024 at 6:25 pm
He’s not a child, he’s an ADULT! Treat him as such, and haul his dumb a$$ to jail! Any indication that he’s gat a loooong rap sheet? I’ll bet this ain’t his first run in with the law! If it had been me, they would have hauled me off and thrown away the key, and I’ve never been arrested!
Rand
May 14, 2024 at 6:37 pm
Which is more egregious? An idiot black adult , shooting a firearm at “WHAT?” , or the announcer stating ,”beware, there is gunfire”. There is silly democrats who only “uphold laws that suit them”>. Even OLD BARAK said the boy/man should have been in jail. How did he get a firearm in “Anti-gun Washington D.C.”???? WHAT! RESTRICTIVE gun laws that are on the books don’t work? Or, is that only for “White perpetrators , white legal and law abiding citizens” that get their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS stripped by democrat judges.
Tim
May 15, 2024 at 4:16 pm
when socialist run the gov’t. and more blacks die (mostly yankees), who am I to complain