Cheyenne Angel Moore, a 17-year-old African-American female and student at Arlington Martin High School, was tragically killed on January 12, 2020, in Fort Worth, Texas. Moore was riding in a vehicle in the 5700 block of East Rosedale Street when gunfire erupted from another car. She was shot in the chest and later died at John Peter Smith Hospital. At the time, the shooting was believed to be gang-related, though Moore herself was not involved in gang activity.
Her family described her as a kind, compassionate teenager with aspirations to become a nurse—someone who tragically found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
After a lengthy investigation, a significant breakthrough came when authorities charged multiple suspects in connection with the shooting. On July 26, 2025, Adrian Robinson, a 21-year-old member of the Lake Como Crips, was sentenced to 75 years in prison after a Tarrant County jury found him guilty of organized criminal activity–murder in the death of 17-year-old Cheyenne Moore. In addition, he received a concurrent 20-year sentence for organized criminal activity–deadly conduct. Prosecutors argued that Robinson participated in the shooting to gain notoriety and respect within his gang.
Robinson was not alone during the crime. He was a passenger in a Hyundai Sonata when he opened fire on a group of individuals. There were no direct eyewitnesses to the shooting, but prosecutors secured testimony from Christopher Williams, another defendant in the case. Williams, who was driving the car during the shooting, agreed to testify against Robinson in exchange for a plea deal that would reduce his sentence to five years—the minimum for murder in Texas. A third individual, Braylin Brown, was also in the vehicle and has been indicted on a murder charge in connection with Moore’s death.
The shooting was reportedly part of an aborted plan to target Javien Wright, also known as the rapper J Dub, a 17-year-old affiliated with the rival Bloods gang in Stop Six. Robinson, Brown, and Williams had originally set out to confront Wright due to a personal dispute involving Brown. After abandoning that plan, they turned their aggression on others, resulting in the fatal shooting of Moore. Ironically, Wright himself was killed in a separate shooting the following month.
Robinson is also facing another murder indictment for the killing of Anjonae Eubanks, who was shot and killed just three days before Cheyenne Moore. His connection to multiple violent incidents underlines a broader pattern of gang-related violence in Fort Worth that has claimed the lives of several young individuals, both affiliated and unaffiliated with gang activity.
The sentencing of Adrian Robinson provides a measure of justice for the family of Cheyenne Moore, a 17-year-old African-American female whose promising life was cut short by senseless violence. The prosecution's strategy—relying on cooperation from a co-defendant—highlights the complexity and difficulty of securing convictions in cases involving organized crime and gang affiliations.
