Father killed in failed plan to get custody of child

Dwayne Lamont Moten wanted custody of his child. So he devised a plan with another man to get the new boyfriend of the child’s mother out of the way, according to Dallas police.

Jacob Wheeler would shoot to wound Moten. Then Moten would call 911 and pin the shooting on the third man.

Except instead of shooting Moten in the thigh and shoulder, Moten ended up somehow shot in the chest and dying of his wounds.

The shooter was arrested on an unrelated charge and was later charged with murder.

It sounds like something out of a Coen Brothers movie.

Tags: TX

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