Police Officer Marquis Dewon Moorer

Officer: Selma Police Department, Police Officer Marquis Dewon Moorer

Date: 7/27/2021          Location: Selma, AL FACTORS (1,2,7,15)

Perpetrator(s) Involved: Javonte Cornuis Stubbs

Criminal Activity History/Involved: Unknown./Yes, Stubbs deliberately and unprovokedly shot into Officer Moorer’s apartment.

Mental Illness: Unknown.

Substance Abuse History/Involved: Unknown./None stated.

Race/Sex/Age: Black/Male/18

What prompted the initial contact with the killer? Sometime between 3:30-4 a.m. on July 27, 2021, Officer Marquis Moorer went to his apartment complex to take his meal period.

Actions taken by subject toward police: While Officer Moorer was inside his apartment eating with his significant other, Javonte Stubbs fired into the apartment fatally striking the officer and injuring his wife/girlfriend.

Reactions by the police: By the next day, US Marshals and agents from the State Bureau of Investigation tracked Stubbs down to a “Tuscaloosa apartment complex” and arrested him.

How murdered? Officer Moorer was ambushed and fatally shot from outside his apartment while taking his meal break inside.

What could have been done differently for the officer to still be alive? N/A, there was nothing Officer Moorer could have done differently from being the target of such an ambush.

Would the officer have been justified to use deadly force before being murdered? N/A, Officer Moorer never had a chance to see his murderer or defend against him.

Outcome for the cop-killer: Stubbs was captured the next day and faces two charges of capital murder and one count of attempted murder.