Murder Suicide

On Friday, November 15th at approximately 10:30 PM, city police officers were called out to a residence at 724 Observatory Hill Road in Pittsburgh’s Springhill neighborhood.

The call was placed by a concerned neighbor who chose to not be identified. He explained to Officer Caldwell, who was first to arrived on the scene that there was a history of domestic violence in the home, occupied by a young couple.

Shortly thereafter, Officer Matson arrived to assist Caldwell, and that’s when the officers went to check out the situation. After several knocks went unanswered, the two officers proceeded to kick in the door and found the couple lying on the floor in their own blood.

The female was identified as twenty-four year old Adrianna Rodriguez, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds to her chest and stomach. The suspect, identified as twenty-eight year old Tyler Moore, the victims boyfriend of two years, who suffered one gunshot wound to the head. According to the Allegheny County Coroner’s Office, the homicide was reported a murder/suicide.

Once we contacted family members in reference to this brutal case, we were informed that the couple’s relationship had been toxifying from the time it began two years prior. The victims mother, Elisabeth Mendez briefly explained that Moore was an immensely jealous individual with a history of violence. Mendez urged her daughter to end the relationship, as she feared for her life. Her exact words were “This is the day I’ve been dreading for a long time.”

The suspect’s father refused to speak with us when we visited his Hayworth Township residence this morning, however, we located his sister, Melissa Moore and she explained to us that her brother had anger issues from a young age. She also told us that Moore had been involved in the criminal justice system since he was fourteen.