A Hempstead man who fled to Detroit after a fatal shooting during a card game in 2024 was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
Kane Moore, 32, was sentenced June 5 after previously pleading guilty to First-Degree Manslaughter and Third-Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon.
Prosecutors said Moore shot and killed 39-year-old Maurice Sinclair Thomas during an argument in a parking lot behind 134 Yale St. in Hempstead.
According to the investigation, Moore, Thomas and several friends were playing cards in the rear parking lot at approximately 1 a.m. on Sept. 21, 2024, when an argument erupted between the two men.
Authorities said Moore pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and shot Thomas once in the left side.
Thomas was transported to NYU Langone Long Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:37 a.m.
After the shooting, Moore fled the area.
Investigators tracked him to Detroit, Michigan, where he was arrested on Oct. 21, 2024, by members of the Detroit Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. He was extradited back to Nassau County 10 days later.
Moore pleaded guilty on Jan. 6, 2026, before Judge Caryn Fink to one count of First-Degree Manslaughter, a violent felony, and one count of Third-Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon.
He was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.
“A disagreement ended in bloodshed when Kane Moore shot and killed Maurice Sinclair in a senseless act of violence and anger,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said. “The safety of our communities depends on keeping guns off our streets and out of the hands of violent individuals like Moore. We continue to crack down on illegal guns with our law enforcement partners and hold dangerous criminals accountable with significant sentences like this one.”
