Magnum Moore, a 78-year-old African American bookkeeper, was one of eight people killed in a mass shooting in Miami on August 20, 1982. He was buried at Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum; burial notices identified him as the brother-in-law of Ernestine Moore and described community sorrow at the loss.

The shooter, Carl Robert Brown, was a 41-year-old former schoolteacher with a documented history of mental illness who had been placed on medical leave after a disturbing classroom incident in December 1981. On the morning of August 20 he visited Moore’s shop making threats, bought multiple firearms including two shotguns and an automatic rifle, and then carried out what was later described as Miami’s deadliest mass murder at the time. Brown was killed in the aftermath and no other suspects were involved.

The case raised questions about psychiatric treatment, warning signs, and the failure of efforts to contact police before the shooting. Does anyone have additional information about Moore’s life in Miami or memories to share about that day?