Cheri Lyn Moore
Name: Cheri Lyn Moore
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 04/14/2006
Location: 5th St & G St
Eureka, California, 95501
County: Humboldt
Agency: Eureka Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Moore, who had a history of mental illness and was reportedly distraught over the anniversary of her son's death, brandished a flare gun, threw items out the window of her second-story apartment and threatened to burn down the building during a more than two-hour standoff with police on April 14, 2006...when officers breached her apartment door, Moore picked up the flare gun and pointed it at them. Moore was shot nine times and died at the scene.
Unique ID: 5040
News article: Link
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