Overview

• Moales tackled and disarmed a masked 16-year-old who tried to carjack him at gunpoint during his Baltimore visit.
• Despite being struck by the assailant, Moales sustained only scrapes and bruises and later recovered his vehicle undamaged.
• Baltimore Police arrested the 16-year-old inside Moales’s car alongside two other teens and charged him as an adult.
• Recognizing his attacker’s youth, Moales declined to press charges and publicly extended forgiveness.
• Drawing on his family ties to Baltimore and his upcoming elevation to bishop, Moales is engaging city officials to craft joint strategies against rising juvenile crime.