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July 18, 2025: Couple Charged in Shooting Death of 13-Year-Old Boy in Pasadena
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Muhammad Abdul-Malik and Teraeja Flemmings were arrested for the 2021 murder of Iran Moreno
PASADENA, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that Muhammad Abdul-Malik, 38, and Teraeja Flemmings, 31, were charged today in the death of 13-year-old Iran Moreno, who was shot and killed while playing video games in his Pasadena home in November 2021.
“The violence that took this young boy’s life is not only tragic, but also unacceptable and criminal,” District Attorney Hochman said. “No family should ever have to endure the heartbreak of losing a child under such horrific circumstances. While we cannot undo this tragedy, we will work tirelessly to ensure those responsible are held accountable.”
Muhammad Abdul-Malik (dob 4/10/87) and Teraeja Laquanna Flemmings (dob 6/3/94) are each charged in case 25PDCF00449 with one count of murder. Defendant Abdul-Malik is also charged with one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon. It is further alleged that Abdul-Malik personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury or death.
The People are requesting that Abdul-Malik be held on a $3 million bail, and that Flemmings be held on a $2 million bail.
Defendant Flemmings is expected to be arraigned July 21 in Department D of the Pasadena Courthouse. Defendant Abdul-Malik is currently in custody in Florida awaiting extradition.
On Nov. 20, 2021, Iran Moreno was shot and killed while he was playing video games in his bedroom at home on the 900 block of North Raymond Avenue in Pasadena. Abdul-Malik allegedly fired a single gunshot through a window of Moreno’s home from a vacant lot across the street. Abdul-Malik then got into a getaway vehicle allegedly driven by Flemmings.
If convicted as charged, Abdul-Malik faces 53-years-to-life in state prison, and Flemmings faces 25-years-to-life in state prison.
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Antonella Nistorescu of the Major Crimes Division and was investigated by the Pasadena Police Department.
The charges filed in this case are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
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