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Judge gives probation to Cedar Rapids man who concealed murder weapon
Gun was used in 2023 killing of a DoorDash delivery driver
May. 8, 2025 4:54 pm, Updated: May. 9, 2025 8:02 am
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CEDAR RAPIDS — A judge Thursday suspended a four-year prison sentenced and gave a Cedar Rapids man probation for concealing a gun his stepson used to fatally shoot a DoorDash delivery driver in 2023.
Pierre Danyon Morrow, 41, previously pleaded guilty in a written plea to obstructing prosecution and accessory after the fact, both aggravated misdemeanors. His other charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Morrow faced up to four years in prison, which the prosecution recommended. But 6th Judicial District Senior Judge Robert Sosalla suspended the sentence and gave him two years of probation instead.
According to trial testimony, Morrow took and hid the gun used by his stepson, Cameron Armad Leonard, 26, to kill Myron Snyder Jr., 21.
Snyder delivered food to Morrow’s other stepson, Maurice Brown, on Oct. 5, 2023, at a northeast Cedar Rapids apartment complex. Brown fired three shots at Snyder’s car — following a physical fight between the two over past conflicts — as Snyder was attempting to leave the parking lot at 3960 Sherman St. NE, where Brown lived.
After Snyder returned fire in self-defense, killing Brown, Leonard, who also was armed, started shooting at Snyder. Snyder was killed by Leonard and Leonard was injured in the shootout.
Morrow remained nearby in the parking lot, watching the shootings happen, according to testimony. When police arrived, they couldn’t find Leonard’s gun and later discovered Morrow had picked it up and concealed it from police.
According to testimony, Morrow initially told investigators he didn’t take the gun and hadn’t seen anybody else remove it from the scene. Later, when investigators went to his apartment, he told them the gun was there. Authorities determined it to be Leonard’s weapon used in the shooting.
Morrow has a previous conviction of first-degree theft in Linn County.
Leonard was convicted by a jury in March of first-degree murder, intimidation with a dangerous weapon, going armed with intent, use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime and being a person ineligible to carry a dangerous weapon.
Leonard was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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