Man accused of firing 12+ shots at woman, child in Delco road rage, police say

A driver opened fire on a woman and her nephew along a busy Delaware County road Monday afternoon in what police said was a road rage shooting.

Haverford Township police said a man was taken into custody after the shooting that took place along the eastbound side of West Chester Pike in Delaware County Monday afternoon.

Around 3:27 p.m., police were called to the 2000 block of West Chester Pike for a shooting during a road rage incident, Haverford Township Deputy Chief of Police Joseph Hagan said.

When police arrived, they located a white Jeep Cherokee with 13 bullet holes in the headlight, hood and windshield.

The driver of the Jeep was a woman who was driving with her 10-year-old nephew in the rear passenger seat of the car at the time of the shooting.

"The operator was injured from possible shrapnel or glass fragments, but the child was not," police said. "They
were transported by ambulance to the hospital for treatment."

"We’re lucky that the victim only had a minor injury, and nothing happened to her 10-year-old child in the car," Hagan said. "Could have been a lot worse, somebody could have died out on West Chester Pike today."

While officers were responding, they learned that the suspected shooter was operating a black Lincoln SUV, that was last seen travelling east on West Chester Pike, police said.

Police got a hit on the plate for the suspect's car, from Radnor Township Police who said he was still driving eastbound on West Chester Pike. Sean Moses, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was stopped and taken into custody. Police also recovered a gun located on Moses' front seat.

Investigators said Moses was licenses to carry the handgun he used.

“She was very calm, cool and collected. She was able to provide our dispatchers with a description of the vehicle, description of the actor and also the tag," Hagan said.

Moses, 30, was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and related charges, police said.

He was arraigned on first degree attempted murder charges Tuesday afternoon and is being held on $1 million cash bail.

The judge said even though Moses does not have a prior criminal record as an adult, she set the bail so high due to how serious the accusations are against him.

Moses told the judge he has a job working at a cemetery in Montgomery County as a grave digger.

It was unclear if Moses had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.

Police believe an earlier incident may have led to the road rage shooting.

“There was an accident right prior to him shooting. From the damage on both vehicles, we’re able to show that his driver side did hit her passenger side of the vehicle," Hagan said.

According to the Haverford Township police criminal complaint, the woman in the Jeep told detectives: "She felt an impact on the passenger side of her vehicle. She felt as though her vehicle and the black SVU were stuck together, so she slowed her vehicle down to a stop and put her vehicle in park. The black SVU pulled in front of her white Jeep on an angle and the driver started shooting at her with a handgun."

In court, Moses seemed to be unaware there was a child in the backseat of the car.

“In the middle of the day on West Chester Pike, I mean the most things that we usually have on West Chester Pike are accidents,” Hagan said. “For 13, 12 that we know of, possibly 13 shots being fired over an accident is incredibly dangerous."

Eastbound West Chester Pike was closed for some time while police cleared the scene then was reopened.

An investigation into the matter is ongoing.

Correction (Aug. 13, 2024, 6:15 a.m.): This story has been updated to properly reflect the updated relationship between the women and the child who were shot at.