DALLAS, Texas -- Dallas rapper Mo3 was shot and killed during a daytime attack on a highway in the city, authorities said.
The 28-year-old performer, whose real name was Melvin Noble, was driving north on Interstate 35 in south Dallas on Wednesday when a man in a dark colored car drove up to him, police said. The man got out of his car with a gun in his hand and walked up to Noble's vehicle.
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Noble got out of his car and began running south on the freeway. The gunman gave chase and began shooting, hitting Noble and a bystander who was sitting in his car, police said. Both men were taken to a hospital and the bystander is expected to survive.
Police said they don't know why the man attacked Noble, and they only described the suspect as Black. He remains at large.
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Noble had more than 800,000 followers on his Instagram page and was best known for a 2019 remix of the song "Errybody," with Baton Rouge, Louisiana, rapper Boosie Badazz.