Post: Mom shoots son at Shooting Range
04-10-2009, 02:43 AM #1
xsHoEx
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CASSELBERRY — A central Florida woman who fatally shot her son then killed herself at a shooting range said she was the antichrist and that she needed to save her son.

In rambling, teary audio recordings left for her boyfriend and authorities, as well as shorter suicide notes, Marie Moore, 44, apologized several times and said repeatedly: "I had to send my son to heaven and myself to Hell."

The murder-suicide shocked fellow customers and employees at the Shoot Straight range in Casselberry, about 10 miles north of Orlando, on Sunday.

The gun range's security video shows 20-year-old Mitchell Moore aiming at a target in a booth when his mother, 44, walks up behind him and points a gun at the back of his head. In the next frame, the son is seen falling to the ground and a nearby patron appears to alert others as he points to the unseen carnage.

The gun used was rented at the range.

Mitchell's father, Charles Moore, told police that Marie Moore had a history of mental illness and had attempted suicide and been involuntarily committed to a mental hospital in 2002 under the state's Baker Act.

Marie Moore refers to the incident in records she left for police and Shoot Straight, saying she spent a year in and out of a "mental home" but insisted: "I'm not sick."

"I'm sorry to do this in your place of business, but I had to save my son," one message said. "God made me a queen and I failed. I'm a fallen angel. He turned me into the antichrist."

Moore said she could have killed only herself but felt she had to "save" her son and do it in a public way so the world could also be saved. "Hopefully when I die, there will 1,000 years of peace."

She apologized to her boyfriend for hiding her plans from him, but added: "You would've Baker Acted me … and I wouldn't have been able to try to save Mitch."

Larry Anderson, a manager at Shoot Straight, said it's unclear whether the Moores had been to the range before, but they weren't regular customers. The range requires that customers fill out a form with a series of questions, including whether they have ever been convicted of a felony or been declared mentally unstable. But it has no way to verify the information.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman Kristen Perezluha said criminal histories are available online for a $24 fee, but ranges are not required to run background checks on customers. Mental health histories are not publicly available because of patient privacy laws, Perezluha said.


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04-12-2009, 02:17 AM #20
RICHIE209
March 6, 2011.
Originally posted by D View Post
Dude if I knew my mom was a little insane in the membrane, going with her to a shooting range would kind of be the last thing I do, ever.


LOL i agree 100%
04-12-2009, 02:56 AM #21
Rurouni83
< ^ > < ^ >
Originally posted by lordafi View Post
Religion is just something she used as an excuse.


yes sometimes but in this case she belived in religon to save her son, also she was mentally ill so that also could have affected they way she thought and they way she acted soo, for all we know she could have done what she thought was right in her own mind.
04-12-2009, 02:57 AM #22
Grimsley33
On Top of the Game
Yeah that is kinda stupid on his part, I mean if you think your mom is insane would you want to go somwhere where she will have a gun
04-12-2009, 03:01 AM #23
SAMI23
Arsenal FC 4eva
im sorry but that is seriously messed up. Its a bit like that wrestler (chris benoit) that killed his wife and son then killed himself. its just ****ed up
04-12-2009, 03:12 AM #24
Killer372
Gym leader
this is mesed up world
04-13-2009, 01:31 AM #25
AgentJon
Former Staff
I have no words for this. So, no words, im just shaking my head.
What happened to this world. Wow.
04-13-2009, 09:28 PM #26
Speechless. Totally speechless.
04-13-2009, 09:30 PM #27
NGUWhitey
NGU's OG
i could not live with myself if i was the mom i would not know what to do Happy

-Whitey
04-13-2009, 09:40 PM #28
Antones
Blood of Innocence
I saw an article of this in the newspaper and there was a picture of the woman aiming the gun while the soon was shooting. It was quite disturbing to look at!

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