Pierre Lavelle Moore, 20, a Black/African American man, was shot to death late on May 13, 2025, in Chicago's University Village on the Near West Side. Chicago police said a dark SUV pulled up in the 1000 block of West 14th Street around 11:25 p.m., five assailants got out and opened fire, striking Pierre Lavelle Moore multiple times before fleeing in the vehicle. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.
A memorial listing confirms the victim as Pierre Lavelle Moore, age 20, and places his death on May 13, 2025, in Chicago.
In the days that followed, family and loved ones described the killing as an ambush and said police told them there is security camera footage showing five masked men exiting vehicles and unleashing dozens of shots before speeding toward the expressway. The shooting happened near 14th and Morgan, by the UIC athletic fields, and the account matched initial police reports that emphasized the coordinated nature of the attack. Loved ones remembered Pierre Lavelle Moore, 20, as a young man whose ordinary evening ended in sudden violence.
Authorities have not announced any arrests in the case. At the time, Chicago police were seeking the five gunmen, and subsequent coverage reiterated that no one was in custody for the killing of Pierre Lavelle Moore, 20. The investigation remains with Area Three detectives, and public arrest databases and news updates have not identified charged suspects connected to this homicide.
