Bounty hunter, private investigator charged with murder in Old East Dallas shooting
Bounty hunter, PI charged in Dallas murder
A bounty hunter and a private investigator have been charged with murder for an Old East Dallas shooting that killed a suspect.
DALLAS - A bounty hunter and a private investigator have been charged with murder for an Old East Dallas shooting that killed a suspect.
Jorge Moncivais (left) and Rodney Brown
What's new:
According to the Dallas Police Department, 43-year-old Rodney Brown and 23-year-old Jorge Moncivais are now charged with murder.
They’re being held in the Dallas County jail.
Moncivais’s bond was set at $500,000.
Jorge Moncivais
Brown doesn't yet have a bond amount.
Rodney Brown
The victim has also been identified as 33-year-old Drew Knowles. His grieving family, who lives in Arkansas, sent FOX 4 a photo of Drew on Friday. His family was notified about Drew's death Friday morning.
Dallas County Sheriff's Office confirmed to FOX 4 Knowles had two active warrants: one for theft from Dallas Police and one for credit card abuse from Carrollton.
FOX 4 attempted to get ahold of the private security company that both Brown and Moncivais work for, Code Three Investigation and Security. They did not respond to our calls or emails.
The backstory:
The deadly shooting happened on Thursday morning in Old East Dallas, just east of the downtown area.
Arrest warrant affidavits say Brown is a licensed bounty hunter and Moncivais is a licensed private investigator.
The men were executing a warrant on Knowles and used automated license plate readers to determine his vehicle was in the 2700 block of Florence Street.
Both bounty hunters were in separate car and spotted Knowles sitting inside of his parked vehicle. Moncivais pulled his car in front of Knowles' parked vehicle and Brown pulled in behind. According to police documents, Brown got out of his car with a gun drawn as he approached Knowles' car.
Knowles put his car into reverse, hitting Brown's vehicle before driving away.
Brown and Moncivais then fired multiple times at the vehicle, according to the documents. Knowles was hit in his right triceps and twice in the right side of his upper back.
Knowles drove away before crashing into a utility pole near the intersection of Cantegral and Live Oak streets.
1 dead, 2 in custody after Old East Dallas shooting involving bounty hunter, sources say
Police are investigating a shooting involving a bounty hunter that left one person dead in Old East Dallas, just east of Downtown Dallas, sources tell FOX 4.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said they reviewed video footage of the shooting and it showed that Brown and Moncivais were never in danger of being run over.
Both were arrested.
Investigators at the scene noted that Moncivais did not have any clothing identifying him as a bounty hunter. Brown had a vest that said "warrant services."
The Source: The information in this story comes from the Dallas Police Department and FOX 4 police sources.