Suspect used Taser on female victim
The San Luis Obispo Police arrested a man for attempted murder on Friday morning. According to SLOPD, officers responded to a call at around 6:50 a.m. regarding a screaming female at an apartment complex on the 1000 block of Foothill Road.
When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered a 20-year-old female victim covered in blood. The victim was inside her apartment. Police were informed the suspect was walking away from the apartment complex as officers arrived on the scene. They located the suspect 15 minutes later, hiding in the creek area behind Sierra Vista Hospital.
The suspect was identified a Derrick Robert Moore, 25. Moore had several lacerations on his upper right-rear shoulder area.
According to SLOPD investigations, the victim was attempting to leave her apartment when the suspect confronted her at her door. Moore violently attacked the victim by using a Taser stun gun on her. The suspect then forced the victim to the ground. Moore started punching the victim in the face, striking her several times in the face while she was on the ground on the floor of her own apartment. The victim struggled with Moore and used a small knife from her keychain to jab Moore on the right side of his upper body. He ceased his assault and fled as officers were arriving on the scene.
According to the victim, Moore was unknown to her, but she had seen him in the apartment complex on two other recent occasions in the early morning hours. On one of those occasions she called SLOPD because she said he was acting strange. When officers arrived on that occasion, Moore had already left the scene.
“There was only one prior complaint where officers responded to this location,” SLOPD Lt. John Bledsoe said. “It was the report of a suspicious male ‘walking up and down the stairs, across the balcony, and he doesn’t live in the apartments.’ When the officers arrived the subject had already left and they were unable to locate him. There was nothing to indicate a crime had been committed and no other information to follow up on. The subject was seen the next morning at about the same time, however, police were not notified. Two days later she was assaulted.”
According to SLOPD, the victim sustained moderate facial injuries and lacerations to her hands as a result of this assault. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment and was later released.
Moore sustained multiple stab wounds to his upper right side and shoulder area. Investigators say none of the wounds were life-threatening. He was admitted into the hospital and was listed in stable condition.
Moore was then charged with attempted murder, felony stalking, first-degree burglary, assault with great-bodily injury and assault with a stun gun/Taser. He remains in guarded custody at a local hospital. His bail was set at $500,000.
“This type of crime in the City of San Luis Obispo is extremely rare. People generally feel safe and do not expect this type of senseless violence to happen to them,” Bledsoe said. “This young lady was the unsuspecting victim of a violent predator. She obviously had the physical and mental capacity to fight for her life and protect herself at all costs. She is a true survivor and role model for anyone who falls victim to people who have little to no regard for another human’s life.”
