Sentencing delayed for man who threw fatal punch in Raleigh’s Glenwood South
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- Sentencing for Tyrell Moore is set to resume Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
- David Millette was punched on Glenwood Avenue, fell, hit his head and died days later.
- Moore pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and faces a three-to-five year prison term.
A family awaiting justice for a man who died after he was punched on Glenwood Avenue will have to wait at least another day for the case to conclude.
On Monday morning, family and friends of David Millette Jr. filled nearly half of the courtroom for the sentencing of Tyrell Moore. Millette was a 27-year-old managing partner at Midwood Smokehouse in Raleigh when Moore hit him during a confrontation on Glenwood Avenue.
After the punch, Millette fell to the ground, hit his head and died at a hospital about six days later. He left behind a now 2-year-old son, born seven months after his father’s death.
On August 26, 2023, Millette and his sister Katey had gone out for drinks on Glenwood Avenue and were walking home around 2 a.m., assistant district attorney Patrick Latour said in court Monday.
The siblings bumped into a group of individuals who were talking to some young women on the side of the road, Latour said. “They began to have some words between them that became heated,” Latour said.
Moore was in the group of men, but wasn’t the one who was bumped, Latour said.
Katey Minnette stepped in front of her brother trying to de-esculate the situation, Latour said.
At that point Moore came over the top of the group and punched David Millette in the face, Latour said. Millette fell down, hit his head on the sidewalk and died at the hospital.
Police identified Moore, who had posted about the hit on Facebook, and arrested him on a charge of first-degree murder and fleeing to elude arrest after he ran from police. Moore was later indicted on a charge of second-degree murder.
In March Moore pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter under a plea deal in which he would serve between three and five years in prison. During the sentencing hearing Monday morning, Judge Brian Wilks heard statements from four members of Millette’s family and one relative of Moore’s.
Before Moore could be sentenced, he started gagging and throwing up. His attorney, Seth Blum, told the judge his client was diabetic, which might be causing the distress. EMS was called to the courthouse, and a medical official held up Moore when he returned to the courtroom to hear that the hearing would resume at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
