Officers responded to the Orchard Manor housing complex after a call to Metro 9-1-1 just before 3 p.m., police said. The person who called 9-1-1 was a relative of a woman who reported Moore had taken the woman's child and ran into the woods while threatening to harm the child. The relative told dispatchers there possibly were weapons involved. When officers arrived, Moore placed a knife to the woman's neck and was threatening to hurt her, and and he allegedly refused to comply with officers' commands, and he was shot and killed.
Victim's Name: Andrew James Moore
Agency Responsible: Charleston Police Department
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Race: White
Date of Death: November 2, 2018
County: Kanawha
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Official Disposition: Pending investigation/No Known Charges
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: knife
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: Not fleeing
Body Camera: No
Washington Post Database ID: 4159