On September 20, 2024, a deadly shooting occurred in the parking lot of the 365 Ocean Hotel in Boca Raton, Florida. The incident resulted in the deaths of 32-year-old Chandler Dill and 49-year-old Christopher Liszak, both residents of Oakland Park.
The altercation began when Dill, who had rented Room 101 at the hotel, chased De'Vante Moss, a 30-year-old resident of Boynton Beach, after he fled the room with her purse. Moss had been in the room with Dill before the confrontation. As Dill pursued Moss, she yelled at him to return her belongings. The situation escalated when Moss got into his silver Jaguar and Dill began punching him through the window. Christopher Liszak, who was staying in Room 102, intervened and also started hitting Moss.
The confrontation turned violent when Moss retrieved a gun from his vehicle. He shot Dill three times, hitting her in the neck, arm, and back, which proved fatal. Liszak was shot once in the chest and also died from his injuries. A third bystander, whose name is being withheld under Marsy’s Law, was shot three times and survived, despite being on the ground with his hands raised.
After the shooting, Moss drove to his home in Boynton Beach, where his fiancée reported that he had packed a bag and told her he was heading to Jacksonville for work. However, Moss was actually fleeing to Georgia. Authorities were alerted, and a Georgia State Trooper, along with a Laurens County Sheriff’s deputy, conducted a traffic stop, leading to Moss's arrest without incident on September 22, 2024.
Moss is currently facing two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and one count of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm. He remains in custody in Georgia while law enforcement works to extradite him back to Palm Beach County to face these charges.
