On the night of May 25, 2024, at about 10:30 p.m., Dallas Police responded to a shooting in the 8000 block of Rothington Road in the Pleasant Grove area of southeast Dallas. Officers found 30-year-old Maurice Murphy suffering from gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Maurice Jerome Murphy II, born April 11, 1994, in Dallas, was described as a Jack of All Trades who enjoyed rapping and dancing.

He wrote a song for his mother and shared a close, twin-like bond with his sister. Detective John Valdez was assigned to the investigation, and police asked anyone with information to come forward. No suspect information was available immediately after the shooting, and the case remained open as investigators continued to seek leads.

Does anyone who knew Maurice or witnessed activity in Pleasant Grove that night have information to share?