A 42-year-old Portland man was identified Thursday as the pedestrian killed last week in a fatal traffic crash that led to the arrest of a convicted murderer on homicide charges.
Vincent Timothy died in the June 6 crash near Eastport Plaza at Southeast 82nd Avenue and Center Street.
Timothy was struck as he crossed on the sidewalk in front of a driveway leading in and out of the plaza.
Witnesses reported that the driver of a pickup sat behind the stop sign at the plaza and waited before accelerating as Timothy walked by, according to court records.
Police arrested Frederick D. Moore, 40, of Portland, the driver of a truck, the next morning. He took off after also allegedly trying to hit a bicyclist at the scene, authorities said.
The cyclist, Todd Henderson, escaped uninjured but his bike was destroyed, police said.
Investigators haven’t said if Moore knew the men he’s accused of targeting.
Moore appeared on video during his arraignment in the Multnomah County Justice Center. He did not speak other than to identify himself.
He pleaded not guilty on a five-count indictment on charges of second-degree murder, attempted murder, attempted assault and two counts of failure to perform the duties of a driver.
Police did not release Timothy’s name until now, saying they needed to withhold his identity for unspecified investigative reasons.
Some of Timothy’s family members attended the suspect’s arraignment.
“We want justice for my nephew,” said a woman who identified herself by her first name only and said she was Timothy’s aunt.
Frederick Deatric Moore appeared in court via video at the Justice Center on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The court was experiencing technical difficulties with its video system and never displayed Moore on the full screen. A Multnomah County grand jury indictment charges Moore with second-degree murder, attempted murder, attempted assault and two counts of failure to perform the duties of a driver.
Moore was found with the help of neighbors and workers who came running after hearing or seeing the crash. Michael Weeks, the manager of Eastport Food Center across from the plaza, followed the truck in his SUV and passed along its license plate, court records indicate.
Weeks also provided video from security cameras at the food cart pod that showed a red truck strike Timothy, cross 82nd, do a U-turn on Center Street and come back to hit the bike before stopping briefly, then heading off.
According to court records, the license plate was for a GMC Canyon pickup. Detectives got Moore’s address and found a truck at the residence that appeared to match the red pickup at the crash scene with the same license plate, the records said.
In 1998, Moore was convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery after he and three other teenagers killed 16-year-old Anthony Genzale, according to The Seattle Times. A clear motive for the shooting was never established, but the possibilities were $60, Genzale’s gun or personal friction, the paper reported.
More recently, records show Moore was sentenced in 2020 to 90 days in jail for breaking into a stranger’s home in Portland the year before.
–Zaeem Shaikh; mshaikh@oregonian.com; 503-221-8111; @zaeemshake
