Jurors shown Yella Beezy shooting video, cell records

New testimony in the Yella Beezy murder-for-hire trial. It's day six, and prosecutors are turning to cell phone records to try to convince the jury that the Dallas rapper ordered a hit on rival rapper Moe 3. Fox 4's Vanya Castillo has the story. We've heard new testimony in the trial of Marquise Conway, who also goes by the rap name Yella Beezy. Now, new cell phone data might be the key that prosecutors have been looking for. Melvin Noble, a.k.a. Mo3, was chased down and shot to death on I-35 in Dallas back in 2020. Keewon White was convicted in killing him, but prosecutors are now saying another rapper, Yella Beezy, paid White to do it. But two years before Mo3's murder, Beezy was the one being shot at. Okay, the car that shot you was a Ford minivan. Jurors saw video from that 2020 shooting in Louisville. A minivan pulled up next to Beasley's car and someone opened fire. In a hospital interview, Beasley told police the shooter was one of Mothri's bodyguards. But a detective also testified that Beasley refused to cooperate, saying it wouldn't be good for his portfolio. Prosecutors are using cell phone records to try and connect Beezy to White. Tuesday, FBI Special Agent Taylor Page walking jurors through cell phone records showing phones linked to both men traveling together just days before the murder. No, I cannot say that they are in the same car together, but the movement of their devices is such that it started in Dallas, moved down to Houston. Both devices spent the night in Houston. Both devices began coming back to Dallas at essentially the same time. Page also clarified that cell tower data cannot prove who was actually holding those phones. But another witness has given jurors two very different stories. Beezy's childhood friend, Theodore Thomas, previously implicated him in the murder. Now he's saying he lied. Prosecutors have been aggressively challenging Thomas's change in tune, saying he did it out of a lifelong loyalty to Beezy. He even went as far as to invoking the Fifth Amendment before he was promised immunity for his testimony. David Finn, a criminal defense attorney not associated with this case, walked us through what this means for the trial. I described Theo Thomas or Jose Bodega, his rap name, as being the Joker's wild. He's a wild card. He could cut either or both ways. I think the jury tuned out on him relatively early on that he's a liar He's lied then, he's lying now. The judge told jurors they can only use Thomas' earlier statements to judge his credibility and not as proof because Beezy orchestrated the murder. But Finn says that it's a difficult thing to do after they've already heard what he said. Yeah, it's sort of like throwing a skunk in the jury box and saying ignore the smell. That's what a limiting instruction is. Legally, it's required, and Mr. Shook was right asking for it, but the jury heard it. Beasley has pled not guilty and says he has nothing to do with Mothri's murder. If found guilty, he could face life in prison. Vanna Castillo, Fox 4 News.