Christopher Moore
UPDATE (January 6, 2023):
FWPD officials say that a man suspected of stabbing a woman on East Suttenfield Avenue in December has been arrested.
Police had been looking for 36-year-old Christopher Moore since the stabbing on the 29th that left the woman with life-threatening injuries.
On Thursday, police say he was taken into custody in a traffic stop.
FWPD officials released the following:
On January 5th, 2023 at 1642 hours, the Fort Wayne Police Department apprehended Christopher Moore on a traffic stop at the intersection of Oxford Street and Wayne Trace. Christopher Moore had active warrants in connection to the stabbing incident on 12/29/2022 in the 600 block of E. Suttenfield Avenue. Christopher Moore was taken into custody without incident and was transported to the Allen County Jail for the charge of Attempted Murder and Aggravated Battery. The Homicide Unit was assisted by the Gang and Violent Crimes Unit, the Aerial Support Unit, Uniform Operations Division, the Indiana State Police, and the Allen County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
ORIGINAL STORY:
ORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A woman is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in southeast Fort Wayne yesterday.
She was laying on the road in the 600 block of East Suttenfield Avenue around 11:30 a.m. when police were called to the scene.
The suspect has been identified as 36-year-old Christopher Moore, and he remains on the run.
FWPD officials released the following:
The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a stabbing that occurred today at the 600 block of E. Suttenfield Ave. at roughly 11:30 am. Dispatch received a call from a concerned citizen who advised that a lady was laying in the roadway and had been stabbed. FWPD officers arrived on scene and located an adult female victim suffering from an apparent stab wound. Officers rendered aid and the victim was transported by TRAA to a local hospital in serious condition. Once at the hospital, the victim was downgraded to life-threatening condition by hospital staff.
A person of interested was named through victim and witness statements. A warrant was issued and a residence was searched in the 600 block of E. Suttenfield Ave. after numerous attempts to get the potential occupant out failed. Once the residence was searched, no one was located inside. A neighborhood search was also conducted for the person of interest unsuccessfully. This incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department and the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office.
The Fort Wayne Police Department is attempting to locate a person of interest, who is now a suspect in the stabbing investigation from 600 E. Suttenfield Ave. The Fort Wayne Police Department is attempting to locate Christopher Shawn Moore 36 years of age. Anyone with information is asked to contact FWPD 260-427-1201, submit a tip to Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867 or use the P3 Tips App.
