
We are launching a campaign to educate our students and the community about gun safety and awareness. This was an isolated and accidental incident. The safety and security of our students, faculty, and staff is our top priority. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the victim whose life was lost. “The Texas Southern University family is saddened by an accidental shooting in campus housing overnight. Texas Southern University also released a statement. Please join us in keeping the family of this brother in your prayers. Rico was well respected and loved among his peers. He loved to talk about shoes, sports, and play his trumpet. He had a vision for his life and understood the important role school played in that vision.

His goals and career always meant the most to him. Derrico was a calm and cool natured young brother from Detroit, MI. “The Texas Southern University Marching Band mourns the loss of our fallen member, Mr. TSU marching band director, Brian Simmons, posted a tribute on Facebook. Moore also played with Big Sean during the Detroit Lions’ halftime show for the Thanksgiving game last year. He played in the Oak Park High School marching band before playing in TSU’s marching band, the Ocean of Soul. Paramedics did take Moore to the hospital, where he was ultimately pronounced dead. Investigators said friends called 911 and tried to render aid, loading him into a car to go to a hospital as paramedics arrived. It accidentally went off, shot the friend in the side.” “(He) pulled it out and supposedly thought it was unloaded.

Willkens of the Houston Police Department. one of the young men had a pistol he wanted to show,” said Lt. “Our victim, along with two other males that were inside the upstairs apartment. Metro Detroit native Derrico Moore was reportedly accidentally shot on Thursday night at an apartment complex near Texas Southern University, where he was studying. HOUSTON – A Metro Detroit man has died in Texas in what police are calling an accidental shooting near a university he was attending.
