M Live – 44-year-old Flint (Michigan) man is accused of killing his brother after an argument over a poker game, prosecutors say.
Andre L. Moore is charged with open murder, two counts of felony firearms and felon in possession, according to John Potbury, spokesman for Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton. Jeffery Bernard Moore Sr. was shot in the chest around 5:15 a.m. in the 600 block of West Hamilton Avenue.
A group of men were over at Moore’s house playing poker when his brother, Jeffery Bernard Moore Sr., was caught cheating, Potbury said. Andre Moore became upset and kicked everyone out of his home.
Andre Moore then saw his brother taking some of his belongings and went out to confront him. They got into a fight and that’s when Andre Moore allegedly took out a gun and shot his brother in the chest, Potbury said.
The defendant then dropped the gun and ran back into the house, according to Potbury. He later turned himself into police.
He is lodged in the Flint city lockup awaiting formal arraignment.
