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Brian Raymond Moore
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Detective

Brian Raymond Moore

New York City Police Department — New York, NY
Felonious
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End of Watch May 4, 2015
Age 25
Tour of Duty 4 yrs 10 mo
Badge 9002
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Gender Male
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Incident

Brian R. Moore was appointed to the New York City Police Department on 6 July 2010. He began his career with the 103 Impact Zone in Patrol Borough Queens South and transferred to the 105th Precinct in May 2012. In less than five years he made 160 arrests and received two medals for Excellent Police Duty and two for Meritorious Police Duty. He had followed his father and his uncle into the department, and he loved cars, the Baltimore Orioles and, above all, his job.

On 2 May 2015, at about 6:15 p.m., Police Officer Moore and his partner were on plainclothes patrol with the 105th Precinct Anti-Crime Unit when they saw a man near 212th Street and 104th Avenue adjusting something in his waistband. They followed him, and Officer Moore pulled their unmarked car up behind him to ask what he was doing. Without warning, the man drew a gun and fired several shots into the car. Officer Moore was hit several times; his partner was not hurt. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he died of his wounds two days later, on 4 May 2015.

The gunman, Demetrius Blackwell, 35, who had a long arrest record, was caught a short time later inside a house in the neighborhood. On 19 December 2017 he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Brian Moore was 25 years old. He was survived by his father, retired Sergeant Raymond Moore; his mother; his sister; his uncle, retired Sergeant Ronald J. Moore; and several cousins serving in the NYPD and the Nassau County Police Department. At his funeral on 8 May 2015, Police Commissioner William J. Bratton posthumously promoted him to detective first grade. Motorcycle runs and golf outings have been held in his memory, and on 20 June 2015 a memorial garden was dedicated to Detective Moore at Saint Gregory the Great School.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Moore gave the New York City Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Moore.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department New York City Police Department
Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 4, 2015
Tour of Duty 4 yrs 10 mo
Age 25
Badge Number 9002
Gender Male
Assignment 105 Precinct

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Brian is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2015, 60 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 126th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Brian was 25. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Brian had served 4.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun; .38 caliber, in 0.8% of these deaths.

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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Brian among them.

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Where

Detective Brian Raymond Moore

New York City Police Department · End of Watch May 4, 2015

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 34-E

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