DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A 19-year-old recently arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Daytona Beach now faces a murder charge, according to court records.
Christopher Moore now faces charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a deadly accident, according to the Volusia County Clerk of Court's website.
Daytona Beach police said a fatal hit-and-run on April 3 started over a fight about motorcycles. Police said Moore got into his friend's van, chased down Roger Martin, 41, who was riding a motorcycle, and struck him from behind on Fairview Avenue.
Investigators said Moore and two of his friends are from Georgia and were in town for spring break, when they got into a fight with Martin, a father of four, outside the Cruisin' Café.
"What he intended to do, Christopher Moore, what he wanted to do. He did. He murdered somebody in cold blood for no reason whatsoever and let that man lay on the sidewalk to die," Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said last week.
Investigators used traffic cameras and tag readers to track down Moore and the van, which police said was found sitting outside a Georgia high school.
Moore was extradited back to Daytona Beach and is being held without bond.
Moore's friends will not face charges.
Martin's family packed the courtroom on Thursday and sobbed, as 19-year-old Christopher Moore appeared before a judge for the second day in a row. Moore's attorney asked the judge for a reasonable bond, now that his charges were upgraded.
However, the state insisted on no bond because it's a first degree felony and the judge agreed.
"Yesterday I was angry. You know, I was very angry. Today, I'm at ease," said Heather Staffa, family member.
Martin's family wore RIP Roger shirts in court and said while they're relieved Moore is facing murder charges and staying behind bars, they couldn't get over his attitude in court.
"It is kind of nerve-wracking to look at someone and to know that they can do something like that and have no emotion over it," said Staffa.