VENICE – A Venice, Illinois, man was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in St. Louis to 154 months in prison for the 2024 armed robbery and carjacking of one man and for shooting at another man about an hour later.
Harry Moore, 21, pleaded guilty in April in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one felony count of carjacking and one felony count of possession and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime.
On Sept. 4, 2024, Moore was driving a Cadillac that had been stolen in Belleville, Illinois, and was accompanied by two other armed people, including a juvenile, according to the provided information. They spotted the driver of a Subaru Outback in the 2900 block of Minnesota Avenue in St. Louis and decided to rob him.
Moore’s two passengers got out and demanded the victim’s wallet, iPhone, and keys. Moore, who also was armed, then got out and demanded that the victim unlock his phone and provide his debit card PIN so the three could access his accounts. Moore drove to a gas station, followed by his accomplices, and used the victim’s debit card to withdraw more than $200 from an ATM. He also used the victim’s phone to transfer $200 from the victim to an associate through Cash App.
About an hour later, Moore was in the front passenger seat of the Outback when he spotted someone from a rival group walking near Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis. Moore opened fire with a .45-caliber handgun as the person fled into a parking garage.
Later that day, investigators found the juvenile and the stolen Outback in East St. Louis.
Moore was arrested Oct. 10, 2024, inside a home in Cahokia Heights, Illinois. Investigators found three firearms there, including the Glock used in the shooting.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Martin said in court Tuesday that Moore’s conduct risked the lives of his victims and anyone near the shooting. Martin said the carjacking and shooting followed a “staggering amount of crimes” that began at a young age, adding that Moore was one of a small subset of people responsible for a large amount of violent crime.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the FBI and the St. Clair County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Department investigated the case. Martin prosecuted it.
The case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
