[3][4] On the night of May 2, Moore, who was on duty as a plainclothes officer at the time,[5] and his partner, Erik Jansen, were patrolling Hollis, Queens, a residential neighborhood, when they saw a 35-year-old man, identified as Demetrius Blackwell, adjust his waistband.
[3] After Moore died at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, the district attorney of Queens County, Richard A.
[9] A lawyer for Blackwell argued that his client, who struggled for years with seizures from severe epilepsy, had been wrongly identified as Moore’s assailant.
"[5] On May 5, the New York Mets wore NYPD hats and held a moment of silence before their game against the Baltimore Orioles that day.
[13] In July 2015, the City Council voted to rename an intersection after him; the street is to be called "Detective 1st Grade Brian Moore Way".
[15] Thousands of police officers from around the United States attended the mass,[16] where Bratton posthumously promoted Moore to the rank of detective.