Modern Day Hippie: 10/01/2011

Monday, October 24, 2011

Meet The Most Viciously Ruthless Man In Toronto! (Police Say He Gunned Down 4 Men & Didnt Mind Opening Fire Anywhere...Even School Playgrounds & Project Parking Lots!)

If police are right, Mark Garfield Moore is one of the most prolific and vicious killers ever to stalk Toronto, gunning down four men in three months and opening fire everywhere from school playgrounds to apartment building parking lots. Most of the dead are people with no criminal past, leaving investigators at a loss to explain the senseless slayings. And it may have been this fact, combined with the 27-year-old's apparent notoriety, that allowed police to collar him. Members of the public were so outraged at seeing innocent people killed, they inundated detectives with tips, breaking the no-snitching rule that pervades the city's toughest communities, sources said. Police said they also busted up a firearm-trafficking ring that was allegedly selling weapons to Mr. Moore, along with a drug-dealing operation based out of Greenbrae Circuit, a street of apartment blocks and townhomes in Scarborough where many of the shootings occurred.
Mr. Moore is accused of taking part in numerous drive-by shootings, a holdup and other incidents involving guns, most of them during a brief period in the summer and fall of last year. Unfolding primarily in Scarborough and the Weston area, they include the attempted murder of a 28-year-old man in a laneway and the robbery of an Eglinton Avenue jewellery store where a clerk was shot. Police used everything from wiretaps to surveillance to jailhouse informants to develop the case. Mr. Moore's mother, Hyacinth Moore, had her house and car searched repeatedly. On Wednesday, Ms. Moore did not respond to requests for comment. The families of Mr. Moore's alleged victims were also quiet. They were informed of the charges just before the police news conference, which many attended, but did not speak with reporters afterward. Mr. Moore and his family have been on police radar for years. As a 16-year-old, he took a bullet to the face at an apartment building on Weston Road. Weeks later, plainclothes Constable Tony Macias was shot in the shoulder nearby, an incident in which Mr. Moore's older brother, Andre, was a suspect. He was never convicted. Seven years later, another brother was shot outside a high school, but survived. Andre Moore was shot dead on Oct. 14, 2008. Kenya Smith, charged with the slaying, testified that Andre Moore was a drug dealer who fired a gun at him during an unsuccessful robbery attempt in the lobby of a Scarborough apartment building. Mr. Smith told his ongoing trial that he was scared of Andre and Mark Moore, who he said had a reputation for being "crazy". He said in court that he feared if he told police about his run-in with Andre, Mark Moore would come after him.
Mark Moore was also an up-and-coming hip-hop artist. Performing under the name Prezidenteeh, he had just released an album, Election Year. In low-budget videos on YouTube, he raps about money while throwing wads of $100 bills on a table and flashing a bulky gold necklace. One of his musical cohorts, Kevin William, also faces charges. Known by the stage name Mayhem Morearty, the 31-year-old is charged with taking part in the jewellery-store robbery last summer. Police say more alleged accomplices are likely to be charged in the coming weeks and that investigators are looking through other homicides to see if there are links.