Otis Moore Jr.

Suicide

Otis Moore Jr. reportedly shot himself across from the CHPD station just after 10 p.m. Moore's family believed he was murdered in retaliation. In the early 1990s, Moore had testified against three CHPD officers who were convicted of aiding him in operating a crack cocaine ring. Moore was released from prison in 2000. Suspicions of foul play grew when it was revealed that Moore was wearing a wire as part of a federal drug investigation when he died. FBI agents were in the area at the time he died, but Moore wasn't in sight, a law enforcement source said. The source said sheriff's deputies and CHPD officers were aware Moore was cooperating and had agreed to wear the device.