On Saturday, November 17 supporters gathered to run the UCP Krispy Kreme Run annual 5k in downtown Huntsville. This year though there were dozens of supporters dressed in bright pink shirts to support ‘Justice for Brandon Hydrick.’ They donned pink shirts and ran the race to honor the recently slain 26-year-old Brandon, who was shot in cold-blood while riding as a passenger of a truck by the mobile home of Joel Moyers, a Limestone County resident.
Moyers was released on bail despite the fact that his crime is a capital murder offense, a charge that does not allow release until trial. In spite of all of the negativity surrounding the death of an innocent, hardworking, intelligent, handsome, and kind man, those of us who were close to him would like to have something positive flourish from this tragedy. The first step began with running in the U.C.P. race wearing ‘Justice for Brandon’ t-shirts.
If you would like to weigh in on this tragedy please email james.ayers@limestonecountyda.org who has released the shooter on bail and charged him with reckless murder, a much lesser charge than capital murder. The message need not be long — a simple — “I support a capital murder charge for Jody Moyers, killer of Brandon Hydrick” —- would suffice. Personally, I have taken it one step higher to the Attorney General of Alabama, Luther Strange. Here is his number if you would like to voice your opinion also: 334-242-7300.
You might want to update that for the sake of correctness that Brandon wasn’t shot with the AK-47, but with a much older gun.
Thanks for pointing that out shoalanda. You are right about the age of the weapon. We re-blogged this article directly from the WHNT 19 immediately when the news broke. A later report from the Huntsville Times quoted Limestone County District Attorney, Brian Jones, about the weapon:
“It’s a 50-year-old Chinese surplus weapon and we wanted to be sure it was working correctly and accurately, that it didn’t misfire. They (forensics experts) did an excellent job in testing it.”
The report was sent by overnight mail to the DA’s office, and, upon reading it, Jones reconvened the Limestone County grand jury that was still under oath and jurors went back into session Friday afternoon.
“We would like to thank the Sheriff’s Department for their hard work and thank the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for their work on the gun,” Jones said.