Man Sentenced After Shooting Into High Point Housing Authority Building

GREENSBORO, N.C. – On February 11, 2026, Rodney Jamine Moore, Jr. was sentenced to 46 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.

Moore, age 60 of High Point, North Carolina, appeared before Chief Judge Catherine C. Eagles and was also sentenced to 3 years of supervised release following his prison term.

Dan Bishop, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, made the announcement and thanked the High Point Police Department for their response and investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for their work supporting the federal prosecution.

According to court documents, on April 29, 2024, just before noon, a man, later identified as Moore, was reported to be randomly firing a gun outside of High Point Housing Authority’s Astor Dowdy Tower. High Point Police Department officers responded and detained Moore who was found holding a loaded Ruger 9mm handgun. Officers noted that Moore smelled of alcohol. 

A review of the scene and video surveillance footage revealed that Moore fired at least two rounds through the glass vestibule of Astor Dowdy Tower into the lobby.

Officers also located a bullet hole in the exterior sidewalk overhang and recovered six 9mm casings outside of the building.

A resident reported that she encountered Moore in front of the building waving a firearm and acting erratically. After Moore fired a shot into the door, the resident fled. She explained that she had seen Moore drinking liquor earlier in the day. 

Moore told officers that he started shooting because someone was trying to kill him. At Moore’s sentencing hearing, his attorney referenced Moore’s history of mental health issues.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Eric L. Iverson.

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