In the summer of 2018, the life of 23-year-old Amos Harring Jr. was cut short in a violent encounter inside a home on Skuse Street in Rochester, New York. On June 9th, a dispute brought Derrell Davis, 27, to the residence armed with a loaded pistol. The situation escalated, and Harring was fatally shot. The Rochester Police Department investigated the homicide, leading to the arrest of Davis.
He was subsequently charged with second-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. On August 29, 2018, Davis pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to a term of 5 to 10 years in prison for manslaughter, to be served concurrently with a 10-year sentence for the weapon possession charge. He was also sentenced to five years of post-release supervision.
Tragedy struck the Harring family again just a few months later. On October 20, 2018, Amos Harring Sr., the 41-year-old father of Amos Harring Jr., was also killed by gun violence in Rochester. The incident began with a verbal altercation in a park between Harring Sr., a friend, and a man named Jaquan Tyrek Moore. Moore threatened the two with a firearm during this initial dispute. Later the same day, Moore encountered Harring Sr. again on Second Street and shot him in the forehead, causing his immediate death.
The Rochester Police Department launched a swift investigation into the murder of Amos Harring Sr. Their efforts led them to Chicago, Illinois, where Jaquan Moore was located and arrested just nine days after the shooting. Moore was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. His first trial resulted in a hung jury and was declared a mistrial. However, a subsequent trial found Moore guilty on all charges. On December 11, 2019, Jaquan Moore was sentenced to 23 years to life in state prison for the murder of Amos Harring Sr., with concurrent sentences for the weapons charges.
