On the morning of June 26, 2025, in Old East Dallas near Deep Ellum, 33-year-old Drew Knowles sat in his BMW in the 2700 block of Florence Street when two men in separate cars moved to pin him in. Arrest affidavits say bounty hunter Rodney Brown, 34, and private investigator Jorge Moncivais, 23, had tracked the vehicle using an automated license plate reader after failing to find Knowles at a residence earlier that day. Brown pulled behind and Moncivais stopped in front; Brown stepped out with a gun drawn. When Knowles reversed and tried to speed away, both men opened fire. The BMW struck a light pole at Cantegral and Live Oak and Dallas Fire-Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.

Detectives collected surveillance footage that, according to the affidavits, showed the two were not in immediate danger of being run over when they shot into the moving car. Moncivais reportedly wore no identification as a bounty hunter while Brown wore a vest labeled warrant services. Both were arrested within hours and charged with murder under case number 090688-2025. The allegation in the complaint is that firing into the fleeing vehicle set in motion a chain of events that ended Knowles’s life.

If anyone witnessed the stop, the shooting, or the BMW’s final route between Florence Street and Cantegral and Live Oak, please share what was seen or recorded.