Judge Holds Defendant Accused of Assault and Unlawful Possession of A Firearm

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 1, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge decided not to release a defendant being treated for a gunshot wound to the chest. 

Cedric Moore, 36, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and assault with a dangerous weapon. 

On the evening of June 22, the defendant allegedly pulled a handgun from his waistband and began shooting at three people who had just left a bus bay in front of the Congress Heights Metro Station in Southeast, DC. One of the victims returned fire, leaving the defendant with a gunshot wound to the chest.  

The defendant refused medical aid from responding Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers. He was driven to United Medical Center, where he received treatment for a gunshot wound. Officers followed the defendant to the hospital and watched over him as he received the treatment, according to court documents.

The Aug. 31 bond review hearing was scheduled to determine if the defendant should be allowed to leave DC Jail for additional treatment at a DC hospital. 

Moore’s attorney, Quo Mieko Judkins, said her client tested positive for an antibiotic resistant infection and is being treated by the Department of Corrections (DOC) medical staff.  

An attorney representing DOC said Moore is being seen daily by a wound care nurse to change his bandages, and weekly by a physician’s assistant to inspect the wound.  

When Judge Michael O’Keefe asked if Moore was still on antibiotics, the attorney said Moore was on antibiotics but is now only given Ibuprofen. 

The DOC attorney agreed to keep in contact with Moore’s attorney and to send him to an area hospital if the DOC medical staff recommends it.