UPDATE: April 18, 4:15 p.m. – The district attorney’s office has released the criminal complaint, which can be read in its entirety below. The affidavit of probable cause sheds light on additional details from the police investigation and also notes there were seven police dispatches for domestic incidents between Moore and his ex-girlfriend since May 2022.
Original story follows…
Christopher Scott Moore Jr., 21, has been charged with first- second- and third-degree murder in connection with the death of 21-year-old Wesley Wayne Smith, of Philadelphia. Moore remains hospitalized at the time of publication and has not yet been arraigned on the charges.
According to an earlier release from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Lansdale Borough Police were dispatched to the Walnut Arms Apartments along the 400 block of Walnut Street at 11:09 p.m. on April 17 for a report of a shooting. Arriving police found Smith dead on the floor of the master bedroom, and Moore suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Moore was airlifted from the scene to Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia and is expected to survive.
Investigators said Smith was visiting his girlfriend at her apartment when Moore, who is the father of the woman’s children, allegedly broke into the apartment through a bathroom window, entered the bedroom and began shooting. Smith then returned fire before succumbing to his injuries, police said.
Two firearms and multiple fired shell casings were recovered at the scene, according to the release. An autopsy of Smith’s body was conducted by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Officer earlier Tuesday.
No official announcement of the charges has been made by the district attorney’s office at this time, however court records show the charges were filed this afternoon in Magisterial District Judge Ed Levine’s court.
This article will be updated once the district attorney’s office releases the affidavit of probable cause, as public access to those records is restricted until the accused is arraigned or the filing is otherwise released.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using court records and the affidavit of probable cause.
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