His victims were ex-girlfriend Samantha Stobbart , her new partner Chris Brown , and police officer David Rathband .

Stobbart was hospitalised and Brown was killed Killing , while Rathband remained Temporary_stay in hospital for nearly three weeks and was permanently blinded .

Nearly 22 hours later , the shooting Use_firearm of traffic police officer Rathband , parked Placing in East Denton , was linked Connect to Moat .

Moat apparently targeted Aiming Rathband randomly , simply for being a police officer , although on an earlier occasion Rathband had confiscated Rewards_and_punishments Moat 's van on the suspicion that it was not insured Imposing_obligation .

Moat apparently targeted Aiming Rathband randomly , simply for being a police officer , although on an earlier occasion Rathband had confiscated Rewards_and_punishments Moat 's van on the suspicion that it was not insured Imposing_obligation .