A Georgia woman is demanding answers after her husband, 64-year-old Rodney Moore, was shot six times by DeKalb County Police during a traffic stop on Sept. 24, 2025, and has since been held under police custody at Grady Hospital in Atlanta — without any contact with his family.
Mr. Moore, who was reportedly being questioned during a routine traffic stop, was later arrested on a warrant for two alleged misdemeanor offenses following the shooting. Despite his injuries, he remains hospitalized and in police custody.
His wife, Danielle Moore, a registered nurse of 34 years, says she has been denied the right to see or speak with him, and has only received minimal updates about his condition.
In a video shared by civil rights attorney Ben Crump on Instagram, Mrs. Moore made a heartfelt plea for transparency and compassion, describing both her husband’s medical fragility and her professional expertise in patient care.
“I need to be able to take care of my husband,” Moore said in the video. “I understand that he is under the care of Grady’s trauma team, but I need to make sure that my husband is being cared for. He has a lot of hardware in his neck, his back, and he’s had a hip replacement — he needs another one. His health is not great. I need to know that everything possible is being done to help him recover.”
Mrs. Moore said she has been unable to provide input as both his wife and as a medical professional, calling the situation “devastating” and “unacceptable.”
Community advocates, including Crump, have raised concerns about police transparency and the treatment of injured detainees. The DeKalb County Police Department has not yet released body camera footage or a detailed account of what led officers to fire their weapons during the stop.
Grady Hospital has declined to comment on patient-specific details, citing privacy laws, while the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has reportedly opened an independent inquiry into the shooting.
Civil rights groups have drawn parallels between Moore’s case and other incidents nationwide where families have been denied access to loved ones hospitalized under police guard.
As Mrs. Moore continues to demand access to her husband, her plea underscores growing frustration among families of police shooting victims who say they are kept in the dark about both medical decisions and investigative progress.
“They’re not allowing me, as his wife and as a nurse, to be there for him,” she said. “For 25 years, I’ve stood by his side — and now, I just want to make sure he’s getting the care he deserves.”
