Gastonia Store Owner Accused of Killing in His Underwear

Kevin Blake Moore, 53, was charged Wednesday after police said he fatally shot Tommy Lee Long, a convicted felon who broke into Moore's business last weekend. Long wasn't armed and hadn't stolen anything, when Moore fatally shot him as he ran out of the store into a parking lot, police said. Moore said Wednesday that he had been living at his store, Mac's M & M Auto Parts of Gastonia on Franklin Boulevard, and was asleep when he heard someone break several windows that morning. Moore said, "I wasn't (just) defending my store. I live here. This whole incident happened with me in my underwear." Despite the underwear defense, Gaston County District Attorney Mike Lands decided to charge Moore with second-degree murder.