Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Wednesday, Nov. 19, that a Bronx father, son and a teenage boy have been indicted on second-degree murder and other related charges for acting in concert to fatally shoot a man in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx in October.

 

“The defendants sought revenge after one of them got into a shootout with a man in August,” Clark said. “They allegedly hunted for the man, found his car, and opened fire. The man they killed was not their intended target. He was new owner of the car. This was a senseless murder.”

 

Clark said defendant, Norman Moore, 64, of Olinville Avenue, was arraigned on Nov. 18, on second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. She said he was detained in custody and is due back in court on Jan. 20, 2026 and that his son, Devonte Moore, 24, also of Olinville Avenue will be arraigned on the charges at a later date. She said a 16-year-old boy was also arraigned on the charges on Nov. 5, and is due in court on Feb. 18, 2026.

 

According to the investigation, on Oct. 7, at around 4.47 p.m., Norman Moore allegedly drove his son to pick up the 16-year-old boy and then went to 3254 White Plains Road in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx. Surveillance footage shows the teen getting out of the car and firing a gun multiple times into a Volkswagen Passat. The court heard that the occupant of the vehicle, Fareed Adeyi, 26, was shot in the torso and right thigh and died.

 

According to the investigation, the incident is believed to have been in retaliation for a previous shooting incident that had taken place on Aug. 23 that allegedly involved Devonte Moore (the son). After allegedly shooting at a man near 3544 White Plains Road in Williamsbridge, Devonte Moore was critically wounded during that August incident when the man he shot at returned fire, hitting Devonte Moore several times.

 

Clark said that in connection with that August incident, Devonte Moore was indicted on attempted murder in the second degree, first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal possession of a firearm.

 

She said the referenced Volkswagen Passat was previously owned by the man Devonte Moore is accused of shooting on August 23 but had recently been sold, and the fatal victim (driver) was mistakenly targeted by Devonte Moore.

 

The case is being prosecuted by Senior Homicide Counsel Morgan Dolan of the Homicide Bureau, under the supervision of Burim Namani, deputy chief of the Homicide Bureau, Christine Scaccia, chief of the Homicide Bureau, and under the overall supervision of James Brennan, deputy chief of the Trial Division, and Theresa Gottlieb, chief of the Trial Division.

 

Clark thanked Trial Preparation Assistants Jonathan Campa Pantaleon and Mateo Urrego of the Homicide Bureau, for their work on the case, as well as NYPD Detectives Rashawn Merrick and Michael Simpson of the 47^th Precinct, and Detective Kyle Keiser of Bronx Homicide Squad.

 

The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.