2nd man charged with murder in fatal shooting of Dallas rapper MO3 on Oak Cliff highway

A second man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Dallas rapper MO3 on a highway in Oak Cliff last fall.

A Dallas County grand jury handed up the indictment of Devin Maurice Brown, 28, on Wednesday, court records show. His attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.

Another man, 22-year-old Kewon Dontrell White, was indicted on a murder charge in February.

The 28-year-old rapper, whose legal name was Melvin Noble Jr., was driving north on Interstate 35E just before noon Nov. 11 when he stopped between Illinois Avenue and Clarendon Drive, not far from the Dallas Zoo.

When a man got out of another car and approached Noble’s vehicle with a rifle, Noble tried to run but was shot multiple times. A second person was wounded in the shooting.

Dallas police called the daytime shooting “brazen,” considering how many passers-by could’ve been in the line of fire.

White was arrested in early December; an arrest-warrant affidavit said that a witness provided police with information about his involvement in the shooting.

At the time of his arrest, federal authorities said that he also faced a gun charge and that Brown — referred to as a “known affiliate” — faced gun and drug charges. Authorities did not publicly link Brown to Noble’s slaying at that time.

Brown was already in custody by the time White was arrested, having been apprehended Nov. 19 on federal charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. Authorities reported finding a stolen AK-47 at his home, along with synthetic marijuana and methamphetamine. He pleaded guilty to those charges earlier this month, court records show.

He has several pending charges in Dallas County, including manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, money laundering and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

White also has been indicted on a charge of aggravated assault in connection with the November shooting. Court records show he faces unrelated charges of evading arrest, theft and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon in Dallas County, as well as an aggravated-assault charge in Denton County.

He was set to go to trial earlier this month on the federal gun charge, but court records show the case is still pending. According to authorities, he attempted to flee officers on his dirt bike during a traffic stop and they found a handgun in his pocket.

Both men remain in federal custody.