FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The family of a 21-year-old man was grieving his tragic death.
Dwain Dudley said his grandson Jelen Moore died on Wednesday. His family in Fort Lauderdale’s Melrose Manors neighborhood needed help with Moore’s mental health and called 911.
According to Detective Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Moore was armed and suicidal when he exited the house at Southwest 25 Avenue and Third Street.
Adamson said three police officers fired their service weapons after Moore did not follow orders to drop the gun and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was investigating the shooting. Moore died at the Broward Health Medical Center’s trauma center.