PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A man is wanted for 1st-degree murder after a deadly shooting near a Petersburg gas station.
The afternoon of Monday, Oct. 6, the Petersburg Bureau of Police announced that it was searching for 42-year-old Prince Moore, Jr. in connection with a Sept. 29 homicide.
At about 5:19 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29, officers were called to the 1900 block of E. Washington Street, in the area of a BP gas station, for report of a shooting.
Officers found Tyron R. Clanton, who had been shot. He was taken to local hospital, where he later died.
Moore, pictured below, is now wanted for Clanton’s 1st-degree murder, as well as the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Police describe Moore as a Black man with brown eyes and balding brown hair. He is said to be about 5-feet-4-inches tall and weigh about 135 pounds.
If you see Moore, or if you have any information on his whereabouts, you are asked to contact the Petersburg Bureau of Police at 804-732-4222.
