Grand jury indicts man accused of killing West Palm Beach minister

Palm Beach County State Attorney Alexcia Cox announced Friday that a grand jury indicted Hugh Earp Milner Jr. on charges of first-degree murder with a firearm, attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and shooting into an occupied vehicle.

The charges stem from the Sept. 27 shooting death of 31-year-old Akeem Moore, a local minister and musician.

According to investigators, officers responded to reports of a shooting shortly before 3 a.m. on Sept. 27 in the area of 45th Street and Australian Avenue. Moore was found suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle and was pronounced dead at a hospital…

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