April Moore, 50, a White/Caucasian woman from Carlsbad, left home on the night of September 19, 2025, and crossed the parking lot of her apartment complex on Rising Glen Way just before 10 p.m. Moments later, gunfire shattered the quiet. Officers arriving at the scene found April Moore, 50, unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds; paramedics tried to save her, but she was pronounced dead there.
Investigators said the shooter took her vehicle and fled, turning a killing into a carjacking that jolted the neighborhood and left loved ones grasping for answers.
Through the night, a network of agencies traced the stolen SUV using license plate reader alerts. Around 1 a.m., Newport Beach officers spotted the car and a pursuit swept north into Orange County, ending near El Toro Road and Avenida de la Carlota in Laguna Hills, by an In-N-Out Burger. The suspect got out and opened fire; officers returned shots. He collapsed in the roadway and was later pronounced dead at a hospital. No officers were injured, and authorities said the violence appeared to be an isolated chain of events that started with the shooting of April Moore, 50, in Carlsbad.
In the days that followed, police publicly identified the victim as April Moore, 50, of Carlsbad, and confirmed the fatal encounter began in her apartment parking lot, where the carjacker ambushed her. Reporters spoke with family and friends who described a woman whose life was cut short outside her home, a detail that underscored the randomness of the attack and the grief that settled over her community.
Authorities also identified the suspect as Andre Anthony Matijasevic, 31, of Rancho Santa Margarita, who was killed during the exchange of gunfire with law enforcement after the chase into Laguna Hills. With the suspect deceased at the scene of the shootout, there were no subsequent arrests announced, and detectives said the investigation into the homicide and carjacking remained active even as they assured residents there was no ongoing threat.
