Guilty Verdict In Road-Rage Slashing Murder Of South Jersey Man

DEPTFORD TWP., NJ — A jury has convicted a man of aggravated manslaughter in the slashing death of another man on a South Jersey road during a nor'easter, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said.

The jury also convicted Everett E. Moore, 58, of Clayton of aggravated manslaughter, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose after a month-long trial, officials said.

Sentencing is set for March 1, according to acting Gloucester County Prosecutor Christine A. Hoffman.

Moore was accused of attacking 32-year-old Joseph Pirri during a road rage incident on March 7, 2018 in Deptford, officials said. Pirri died eight days later.

Officials say Pirri, of Blackwood, was sitting on Tanyard Road in a heavy snowstorm that day, around 4:20 p.m. A pickup truck "illegally passed" his Nissan Versa and stopped in front of it, officials said. Moore got out of the truck and attacked Pirri with a sharp instrument, the prosecutor's office said, wounding his face.

Pirri was able to describe his attacker and the vehicle. He died at Cooper Medical Center in Camden on March 15, leaving behind a wife and two children. His cause of death was determined to be "an incised wound to the face" and the manner of death was determined to be homicide, according to Hoffman's office.

Video from several sources show the Moore pickup behind the Pirri car as the two vehicles traveled south on Tanyard Road, as the pickup passed the Versa and as Moore's truck proceeded from the scene of the attack to his home in Clayton. During the investigation, video was obtained from some 20 locations, police said.

Witness interviews and video evidence establish that Moore drove the pickup truck before and after the incident, police said. It was registered to his wife, said officials.

A GoFundMe for Pirri's family raised $15,000.