Marie Moore Was Target Shooting
April 7, 2009 by Jaded
Casselberry, Florida–The picture you see above is a screenshot from surveillance video taken at the Shoot Straight Gun Range Sunday afternoon. The woman pointing the gun is 44-year-old Marie Moore. The target is her own son, 20-year-old Mitchel Moore. After blowing a hole in the back of Mitchel’s head, Marie placed the gun in her own mouth and swallowed a bullet. Mitchel died at the scene…Marie died a shortly after at Florida Hospital Altamonte.
Screenshot from surveillance video
For fucksake, why? There’s no suicide note, there’s no indication she had spoken of her plan to anyone else, there is no indication of a plan at all. They weren’t arguing at the time; witnesses say the pair seemed to be getting along just fine. The two were taking turns shooting targets and chatting with other shooters. What made this woman murder her son in such a chilling and cold-blooded manner?
Jim Copertino was target shooting in the lane next to Marie and Mitchel. He said it appeared the two were on drugs. ‘They were both very hyper and nervous. I was keeping an eye on them, actually, because it’s a very small location in there. I noticed both of them were very anxious with each other. She kept getting very close to him when he was firing.’ He also stated that Marie, ‘ran out just prior to that grabbed more ammunition and I watched her do that. The shooting happened right after that.’
Another eyewitness, Bobby Davidowitz had this to say: ‘When I heard a gunshot I look and I see this kid collapsing spitting up blood it took me a second to register.’ BobbyBobby reviews
and his friends noticed something wasn’t quite right before it happened, ‘These people are too hyper to be at the gun range she was walking back and forth.’
According to a police report, Mitchel’s father, Charles Moore, told police it was his understanding that Marie was barred from that particular gun range due to a suicide attempt at the location several years ago. But police say they have no record of an incident involving Marie. They did state that Marie was once admitted to a hospital for observation under the state’s Baker Act in 2002, but due to privacy policies, they will not release any information as to why. It is also reported that Marie had two DUI convictions on her record.
Marie and Mitchel had just bought a membership to the club that day and the murder weapon was rented from the gun range. Though background checks are required when someone buys a firearm, gun range owners can’t legally perform any kind of check on people who bring their own guns or rent ones from the range. No one from Shoot Straight Gun Range would comment.
RIP Mitchel Moore…and my condolences to all who loved you.
Mitchel Moore (MyspaceMySpace
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Here is the actual video. Warning, graphic.
Wicked Doll has this one up in the forums.
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5:00 am on April 7th, 2009
Rest in Peach Mitchell and yes to all that knew Mitchell and Loved him, So sorry for his sudden tragic death.
WOW
5:26 am on April 7th, 2009
Added the video footage. The gun range is in some trouble.
7:22 am on April 7th, 2009
OMG. That was unreal. RIP MItchell
7:38 am on April 7th, 2009
I’m still in shock….
7:45 am on April 7th, 2009
And someone was just saying on the Gun Control thread that you never see someone murdered at the shooting range! RIP Mitchell she did it like it was nothing!!!
8:25 am on April 7th, 2009
omg what a horror. a really bizarre upsetting story. i know that people don’t just SNAP and murder family members if everything is OK. RIP Mitchell and thank god she didn’t continue shooting others before she ate the bullet.
These stories make me realize why the most horrible vicious horror films don’t even phase me. Reality is much, much scarier.
8:43 am on April 7th, 2009
First off this is a terrible thing but I just wanted to comment on the flawed propaganda news report. In Florida there is not law saying you can’t own a handgun with 2 dui’s. The only thing close is that they may not issue you a concealed and carry permit if you are a “drunkard”. Also reading other news sites it says that there is no police report of her trying to commit suicide there before. That is only hearsay.
9:33 am on April 7th, 2009
I said the same thing…
And, Florida law does not permit a convicted felon to possess a firearm.
10:46 am on April 7th, 2009
I bet big-boy in the sandals about shit himself. One minute he is talking to her, the next he is staring at them both on the ground with head shots.
10:50 am on April 7th, 2009
he kept it together better than i would’ve, i bet
10:52 am on April 7th, 2009
Heh, over here they handed a gun to a paranoid schitzo, who went on a rampage on a city shooting range. It was not pretty.
10:58 am on April 7th, 2009
Mitchel seemed like a Super Kid and soooo happy to be with girlfriend, Ashley, just starting his life, really…… I surmise that Mitchel was a pretty Wise kid too, so, if Mom had previously attempted suicide, at a shooting range, no less. I cannot believe that he would go there, where she would have access to a gun, even if, nothing else, he wouldn’t want to be a witness to her possibly shooting herself….. Nope! I don’t believe he would’ve gone anywhere with her, if there actually had been a previous attempt…..
I
‘m guessing here, but, Ashley must have access to his myspace account, because, yesterday it said something different and his profile pic has changed as well……
Here’s one of the comments posted yesterday: Apr 6 2009 9:58 AM
mitchel… i cannot put into words what i feel right now… i just saw you the other day… smiling and about to hit your prime. you had a second chance at life… and that crazy bitch took you from us!! you were the best friend anyone could have asked for! you had respect and morals like noone does anymore. can’t wait to see you. we love you and miss you times a million aldready.
RIP MITCH!!
My Sincerest Sympathy to Mitchels family and friends! I pray you find some comfort and peace, in knowing that Mitchel is with our heavenly Father and receiving his Angel wings….. while Mom is in a different kind of hell……
I’m hoping that Ashley finds D’D and signs up, maybe she can shed a bit of light on this tragedy!
So Sorry Mitchel, Rest in total Peace!!
11:03 am on April 7th, 2009
Oh! I am sobbing now, Ashley’s myspace profile says it all…
Ashley Morales myspace (private) http://www.myspace.com/1lovesean
So, So Sorry Ashley! I don’t have the words right now, I cannot imagine the emotions and heartbreak you are experiencing, I cannot imagine!
11:06 am on April 7th, 2009
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11:45 am on April 7th, 2009
This is very sad, and very selfish of her to take out her child. I can only imagine her reasoning was to save him the pain of her killing herself but really, that is not the way to go. Very sad. Very sad. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family & friends of Mitchell.
11:48 am on April 7th, 2009
Wow, just wow. Crazy bitch is right………..wow……
11:59 am on April 7th, 2009
Useless bitches/assholes take note:
Murder/suicide should be handled just like the oxygen masks on an airplane. Take care of yourself, first, then see to the other person!
This has been a helpful tip from Dammitall.
12:36 pm on April 7th, 2009
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1:04 pm on April 7th, 2009
We all wish…….
I am not going to watch that surveillance video. There is absolutely no reason for me to see it and many, many reasons not to.
1:06 pm on April 7th, 2009
Snap!!
Where is “here” if I might ask, Thursday?
2:07 pm on April 7th, 2009
Yeah, I was going to ask the same thing.
2:08 pm on April 7th, 2009
Ohh, sorry. In Finland.
2:09 pm on April 7th, 2009
To be fair, they specifically stated “massacres”.
2:21 pm on April 7th, 2009
Well this was more like a spree killing. She killed 3 and seriously wounded one another. She intended to kill the other two in premises as well, but one found it to defend himself and one escaped.
2:23 pm on April 7th, 2009
Do you think she wouldn’t have had time to take out sandal guy before he realised what was happening if she’d wanted to? He must be thanking his lucky stars that she was a discriminating murder/suicide.
2:26 pm on April 7th, 2009
My two cents on the gun control debate. Most shooters that go on the spree have the intention of dying at the end, deterence wise, it doesn’t work. If someone who is trained in the use of guns is there, maybe they’ll be able to stop them, maybe not. But the idea that more people having guns will scare off would be mass shooters is absurd. By the time most of these shooters get to the point where they want to kill as many people as possible, death isn’t something that scares them.
2:44 pm on April 7th, 2009
The point being made about “massacres never happening at shooting ranges” was an extremely simple and effective analogy pointing out that shooters who go on rampages, regardless of whether they plan on living on dying, will pick a populated area in which the chances of someone owning a gun are less than say…a police station or a shooting range. No one ever said that a murder never happens at a shooting range.
4:29 pm on April 7th, 2009
i just wanted to leave my condolences to mitchels family and friends…especially ashley. I could NOT imagin the pain she is going through and i really dont want to. my heart goes out to them all.
4:56 pm on April 7th, 2009
I wonder if he accompanied her to the range because he didn’t trust her or thought she wasn’t stable – in order to keep an eye on her himself.
4:56 pm on April 7th, 2009
She left a couple notes to “King” who is her boyfriend Jimbo and some audio.
Marie wasn’t always crazy back in 2002 she was diagnoised with Hep C she got treatment but something else happened around that time she has never told anyone about. In 2002 she was driving down the highway and pulled over on the side she went missing for weeks, when found she was placed in a mental hospital where she stayed for a couple on months and would not speak to anyone not even Mitchel and he went to see her all the time. She got out and still had some issues, she was on alot of medication. She has been doing fine since all that, that gun shooting range should never let her in there, she was barred for trying to kill herseld there back in 2002.
Marvin (Mitchell’s father), is heartbroken, they were close too. NO ONE not even KING (Jimbo) would have ever thought, I am so sorry for you Marvin, stay strong. Marie was being selfish she didnt want to go alone and she didn’t want to leave Mitchell behind. Wow I havent stopped crying. I dont believe she did this. I just cant believe this……….
5:11 pm on April 7th, 2009
Mitchell and Marie were very close, I dont think Mitchel suspected his mother. We all thought she was better. There were no signs…..
oh my god Marie, why …why did u have to take Mitchell he had so much going for him…I hope you two are together where ever you are…………. Thats is what you wanted…
Poor Marvin why didnt u leave him with Marvin and the rest of us. I dont think I’m gonna get any answers I am just so heart broken and I want people to know that Marie was a good person and a great mother.. something happened that screwed her up…
5:12 pm on April 7th, 2009
Mitchell and Marie were very close, I dont think Mitchel suspected his mother. We all thought she was better. There were no signs…..
oh my god Marie, why …why did u have to take Mitchell he had so much going for him…I hope you two are together where ever you are…………. Thats is what you wanted…
Poor Marvin why didnt u leave him with Marvin and the rest of us. I dont think I’m gonna get any answers I am just so heart broken and I want people to know that Marie was a good person and a great mother.. something happened that screwed her up… and now well never know….
6:08 pm on April 7th, 2009
Marie left a three-hour tape recording and suicide notes behind.
Though Marie’s ex-husband stated that she had been barred from the range due to a previous suicide attempt, Shoot Straight attorney Joerg Jaeger said it never happened.
More information on the recordings and notes can be found here…
http://www.wftv.com/news/19119365/detail.html#-
9:05 pm on April 7th, 2009
How sad. My heart goes out to his family & his girlfriend Ashley, her post on his myspace page today brought me to tears.
RIP Mitchel
10:36 pm on April 7th, 2009
Again, I am crying uncontrollably with these stories tonight!
This makes me nauseous just reading it, and I don’t think I could bring myself to watch the video. This is absolutely a heartbreaker!
RIP Mitchel. Your “mother” didn’t deserve you.
Ashley and Marvin and the rest of Mitchel’s family…my condolences and (((hugs)))
Marie—fuck you! I couldn’t care less if you wanted to kill yourself. Why did you have to take Mitchel out too, you selfish shit?
12:21 am on April 8th, 2009
That’s so heinous. How could a mother do that? He trusted her all his life.
7:19 am on April 8th, 2009
Uh? That isn’t what I read.. I read and saw the video but I didn’t read nor did I see where she killed 3 annd wounded one.
10:21 am on April 8th, 2009
No No! Thursday was commenting on an incident in Finland, a shooting spree at a shooting range there!
Easy to get confused……
11:06 am on April 8th, 2009
My mom has mental issues; and she never told us this stuff until we were older but she was extremely suicidal and she often thought of killing herself but then she thought well, I can’t leave the kids to grow up without a mom…so, I’d have to kill the kids too…and then she’d think about having to kill the dog too b/c who would feed the dog.
Luckily, she never acted on her thoughts of killing us. We knew growing up that she wasn’t right but as kids there really isn’t much you can do. I think my dad loved her so much he didn’t want to admit she was crazy and he was willing to live the rest of his life with her episodes. She eventually divorced him. Recently, she admitted that she probably shouldn’t have been a mother. I agree and in a weird way my crazy childhood makes me want to be the best parent possible to my kids. I know what it is like growing up in an unhappy home and it’s not fair to kids…they deserve the best.
It is sad that Mitchel will never get that chance. And it doesn’t seem like Marie threw up a lot of red flags to those close to her. My mom was suicidal and had been hospitalized just like Marie. So, what is the X factor that makes one woman kill her kid and the other just day dreams about it? Psychotic break?
11:20 am on April 8th, 2009
Oh, ok.. I was lost there for a few hours
3:43 pm on April 8th, 2009
It is horrific enough when “parents” feel thier small children cannot live without them.
BUT WHY MARIE ?
He was a young MAN. He was just ready to begin his life, while I am certain his
heart would break at your thoughtless sucide he would have gone on.
Now, the world will never know.
My prayers are with the family. I pray that the memories of Mitchel will ease the pain
in some way. There are just no words available in our language to make this any better now.
I pray that the family will not allow Marie to take the rest of thier lives. Heal
7:06 pm on April 8th, 2009
Easy to do! No prob! I just didn’t want you to think whatcha thunk, for a minute! LOL!
My heart breaks for Mitchels family and friends, that have to live without him and the shock and horror of it all…..
Suicide is the most selfish act a person can portray! It’s plain evilness that a person thinks they have the right to take someone else with them, especially a child, no matter their age! When Marie Moore gave birth to Mitchel, that was her only opportunity to assist God in creating a gift, what was supposed to be a long lived gift, she will burn for eternity, because she destroyed a life that God gave her……… *sigh*
7:52 pm on April 12th, 2009
It is always surreal to me when a mom takes her own childs life…heck, when a parent takes his/her own childs life..but this is so cold hearted. It is so heartbreaking. There are just moments in life that leave you speachless.
2:32 pm on April 28th, 2009
[...] Florida–You may recall a story I posted recently about Marie Moore. The 40-year-old woman who rented a gun from Shoot Straight Gun Range, shot her son in the back of the head, then killed herself. Shoot Straight is back in the [...]
9:58 pm on April 28th, 2009
I was looking at his myspace his girlfriend said “it’s not goodbye it’s later gator.” Damn it! That’s sad.
10:37 pm on April 29th, 2009
Criminal profiling has shown that people who kill their kids before killing themselves are often narcissistic personalities, not only do they think that they are so incredibly important that their kids can’t, or shouldn’t, live without them, they also often believe that they are getting back at someone or the world in general by depriving them of his or her exalted presence.
In other words, no one should feel sorry for these people. Murder-suicide perpetrators do not operate from the same plane of existence as those who simply kill themselves. They live in their own little bubble, where they are the most important person alive.
It kind of pisses me off when people talk about murder-suicides as if it’s some sort of all-around tragic event, the only tragedy is that the MURDER victim is dead, not that their killer is dead. The world is indeed better off without those people, despite the fact they think just the opposite in their incredible megalomania.
10:42 pm on April 29th, 2009
Hmmm…only after watching the video, it really doesn’t seem like he really gave a shit — at all. It kind of grossed me out how casual he was about the whole thing. The way you see him interacting with those other people towards the end, he looks like he’s telling a funny story about some crazy who exposed himself or something, not one about the murder-suicide he just witnessed…weird.
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