Kesha L. Moore was found dead in her Linden Hills apartment in Minneapolis on the evening of December 17, 2023. Moore, 43, a mother, grandmother, and the executive director of a home and community-based service provider for seniors and people with disabilities, was discovered with a fatal gunshot wound to the head after officers forced entry to a locked unit on the 4200 block of S. Sheridan Avenue. Blood smearing in the apartment suggested her body had been moved after the shooting.

Police received two 911 calls from Johnny Leroy Brown, Moore’s 50-year-old live-in partner. In the first call he said they had been fighting, she had pulled a gun and it had accidentally discharged; about 20 minutes later he called again, saying she had been shot and that he was ready to turn himself in. The handgun registered to Moore and her car were missing from the scene, and Brown was not at the address when officers arrived. He later changed his phone and traveled away from the area; investigators tracked the new number and arrested him during a traffic stop in Golden Valley. In statements to police Brown’s account shifted, and he acknowledged arguing with Moore about his infidelity and handling a gun that discharged.

Does anyone in Linden Hills or the broader community have information about Moore’s last movements, her missing car, or the handgun?