Overview
- Police say a driver in a red Jeep Grand Cherokee hit local business owner Tony Pendleton in a Griffith business parking lot, and he later died.
- Officers arrested 38-year-old Atrailu Moore at the scene and booked him into the Lake County jail on a murder charge.
- Detectives report Moore briefly spoke with Pendleton and then followed him through the lot before striking him.
- Investigators have not identified the business involved or a possible motive, and they say the case remains active.
- The Griffith Police Department urged anyone with information to contact Det. Jason Gary or leave an anonymous tip on the department’s line.