Jorell Luckett charged in fatal shooting of Keanna Moore, tells police "I killed that girl"
Jorell Luckett
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- 30-year-old Jorell Luckett faces two criminal charges in connection with the death of Keanna Moore. She was found dead in a car near 95th and Silver Spring Rd. in Milwaukee earlier this month.
Luckett is now charged with first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon. If convicted, Luckett faces up to 60 years in prison.
According to the criminal complaint, officers were dispatched to an alley near 95th and Silver Spring on Sunday, December 14th to check out a suspicious automobile. Officers found Moore inside the vehicle dead -- her body zipped up inside a sleeping bag-type blanket. Officials say she had suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
The complaint also indicates "an intact bullet was recovered" in good condition from the vehicle where Moore was found.
Keanna Moore
It appears police got their break in the case from fingerprints that were left behind on some packing material recovered from the car. Officials recovered five prints from the packing material -- four of them were associated with Luckett. The fifth was from the victim, Keanna Moore.
Officers caught up to Luckett shortly after he visited a Cousins Subs shop to pick up a paycheck. He was confronted on the street along W. Silver Spring. The complaint says "as officers gave the defendant numerous commands the defendant stated, “I’m armed! I’m armed!” As (one officer) was able to grab the defendant by his left arm, (the officer) began a pat down of the defendant and felt, in the defendant’s groin area, a hard object that appeared to be a pistol." The officer recovered a "semi-automatic black Lorson brand .380 caliber pistol. The pistol had one magazine which was empty and was loaded with one cartridge in the chamber."
After officers got Luckett into the back of the squad car, the complaint says that Luckett stated, "Man, let’s be real, I ain’t never getting out. You all got the murder weapon. I killed that girl, but it wasn’t like intentional."
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