NORFOLK, Va. — In May, Norfolk Police arrested Gary Moore in connection to the MacArthur Center shooting, which hurt two people and killed 33-year-old Roosevelt McKinney.
The 39-year-old faces six charges total, including second-degree murder and two counts of malicious wounding.
Moore had a bond hearing Tuesday where 13News Now gained more insight into what happened the night of April 2 when gunshots rang out at MacArthur Center.
Moore's attorney asked the judge to grant her client bond, citing the absence of violent crime charges in Moore's past and claiming Moore fired his gun in self-defense.
The prosecutor told the judge surveillance footage from the incident shows Moore with a group of people at the mall. The prosecutor added the video also shows Roosevelt McKinney, the victim of the shooting, running out of the store where police say the shooting happened.
When speaking about the two other people who got hurt in the incident, but survived, the prosecutor called them bystanders. She said one of them was an 18-year-old boy.
The defense argued the prosecution's statements, saying a friend with Moore at the mall had gotten into a dispute with another group of people earlier. Moore's attorney said that his friend got into a fight with that group of people when they entered the mall, and that's when the shooting happened.
The judge denied the bond request, which means Moore will remain behind bars for now.
Family members of Roosevelt McKinney said they struggled to see the man accused of killing their loved one in-person for the first time in court. McKinney's mother, Stacey McKinney-Whack, said the judge's decision brought a sigh of relief to the McKinney family.
"It took a lot out of me and I couldn't... I couldn't stay in the courtroom," said McKinney-Whack. "I'm glad they denied his bond. I'm going to be here every step of the way as long as God gives me breath... to get justice for my son."
McKinney's sister, Shade Hinton, said not only did she lose her brother, but her nephew lost a father.
"Just to know that I'm never going to see my brother again. I just don't understand why he would take my brother away from me," said Hinton. "I want him to remember what he done to my brother. I want him to know what Roosevelt meant to us, because what he did, it was totally wrong. That was something he could've walked away from and he didn't."