A Charleston man who tried to get into a fraternity house on High Street and fired a gun when he couldn’t was sentenced to probation on Wednesday.
Judge Phillip Gaujot sentenced Shaiheed Moore to two years of prison suspended for two years of probation. Moore previously pleaded guilty to wanton endangerment involving a firearm.
Gaujot said he wasn’t downplaying what Moore did, which he called a dangerous decision, but said he was young and dumb once but turned out OK and he hoped Moore could as well — if he stopped doing dumb things.
Moore apologized several times during a statement and said he reacted out of fear because he thought his actions would help the situation instead of worsening it. He promised nothing like it would happen again.
Moore enrolled at Potomac State in Keyser and wants to be a businessman, he said.
Gaujot encouraged Moore to spend his time studying or doing something to better himself rather than going places where he needs a gun to begin with.
In addition to college, Moore has scheduled counseling appointments, has quit marijuana and is looking for a job, his attorney Holly Hinerman said.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Chad Noel said the state was opposed to probation due to the nature of the crime but that the state didn’t have an opinion on home confinement. Noel recommended two years in prison.
The incident involving Moore happened on Oct. 7, 2018. Moore was arrested in Charleston on Oct. 18 by the U.S. Marshal’s Mountain State Fugitive Task Force.
WVU Police posted a photo of Moore and another man on its Facebook page, asking for help identifying them. According to a criminal complaint, one of the people who liked that photo was Moore. Moore’s Facebook profile picture was updated Oct. 6 and showed him wearing the same clothing as the suspect in the police photo.
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