'She was wonderful.' Meghan Moore's parents remember daughter killed in Miami shooting

Denise Coffey, Cape Cod Times
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Meghan Moore, an accomplished athlete who attended Barnstable Public Schools and recently graduated from New England College, was shot and killed on Saturday in Miami.

Her parents, William and Mary Beth Moore of Centerville, were in Florida on Tuesday making arrangements to bring her body home.

“She was wonderful,” her mother said in a telephone call. “She was an unbelievable star athlete that we just loved to watch every single minute of our lives.”

Hockey was one of Moore’s passions. She played for Falmouth youth hockey teams from the ages of 12 to 16, including the elite team Cape Cod Storm, and five years on the Barnstable High School varsity hockey team, her mother said.  She was named an All-Star in the Southeastern Massachusetts Girls High School Hockey League in 2017.

“She gets her athletic prowess from her father,” Mary Beth Moore said.

Moore attended Barnstable Public Schools throughout her schooling, her mother said.

Megan Moore, 25, an accomplished athlete who attended Barnstable Public Schools and graduated in 2021 from New England College, was killed in a shooting on Saturday in Miami. “She was wonderful,” Moore's mother, Mary Beth Moore of Centerville, said. “She was an unbelievable star athlete that we just loved to watch every single minute of our lives.”
Megan Moore, 25, an accomplished athlete who attended Barnstable Public Schools and graduated in 2021 from New England College, was killed in a shooting on Saturday in Miami. “She was wonderful,” Moore's mother, Mary Beth Moore of Centerville, said. “She was an unbelievable star athlete that we just loved to watch every single minute of our lives.”

One highlight of Moore’s stint with the Cape Cod Storm hockey team came during a national game in San Diego, California.

“We lost in a seven-overtime game, 2-1,” Mary Beth Moore said. “It was one of the most exciting games we’ve ever been to. We got there at seven in the morning and left at quarter to two. It was so exciting.”

William Moore said the community’s response to her death has been a source of comfort.

“We really want to get out our thanks to the communities who have reached out to us,” he said. “The town of Barnstable, their hockey families, Falmouth hockey families, the people from New England College, the Boston Bruins Alumni club. We've had calls from California people who played with Meghan.”

Meghan’s sister, Molly, and brother, William, are on the Cape helping with arrangements, the Moores said. Molly, 27, teaches at a private school in Manhattan. William, 29, graduated from Lasell University in Newton. He is the manager at Spanky’s Clam Shack in Hyannis.

Meghan's wake and funeral arrangements have not been finalized, according to the Moore family.

'It's going to be overwhelming for us'

“It’s going to be overwhelming for us,” William Moore said. “We're just going to try to do our best.”

Police are investigating what they believe to be a double murder-suicide. Moore and her roommate, Sidney Capolino, were shot by Luis Napoles, who later killed himself, according to police.

Napoles was not Moore’s boyfriend, but they had worked together last year, according to her mother.

The young women were hockey teammates and roommates at New England College. Capolino grew up around the Lake Champlain, New York area. She had just passed her nursing exam, according to Mary Beth Moore.

Moore graduated with a criminal justice degree and had spent summers working at Spanky’s, William Moore said.

“Meghan and Sidney were going to move out of this apartment in two weeks,” he said.

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Denise Coffey writes about business, tourism and issues impacting the Cape’s residents and visitors. Contact her at dcoffey@capecodonline.com.

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