A Fourth of July road‑rage incident on Maryland Route 140 and nearby Bear Run and Runnymede roads turned fatal for 36‑year‑old Christopher Patrick Moore II of Taneytown. Around 10 p.m. on July 4, Moore and a 20‑year‑old man, identified as Davon Joseph Dabbs, stopped their vehicles and engaged in a physical fight. Moore’s fiancée arrived and said she had a legally owned handgun; Dabbs allegedly charged her and a struggle over the firearm followed. Dabbs was shot in the leg during the struggle, then allegedly gained control of the gun, struck the fiancée in the face repeatedly, and fired multiple times, wounding his 26‑year‑old passenger in the hand and striking Moore twice in the chest.

Moore was pronounced dead at the scene. Friends and fellow service members remembered him as a U.S. Army veteran, a Maryland Army National Guard member and a volunteer firefighter who was devoted to his young daughter. Dabbs was arrested at his Taneytown home on July 6 and charged with first‑degree murder, two counts of first‑degree assault and two counts of second‑degree assault; he waived a bail review hearing and remains in custody.

Does anyone have information about the events that night or knew Moore or the others involved?