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3 indicted on murder charges in death of rapper Young Greatness, New Orleans police say







Donald Reaux, left, Donny Maxwell, right, and a juvenile face second-degree murder and other charges in connection to the Oct. 29, 2018, shooting death of New Orleans-reared rapper Young Greatness, whose name is Theodore Jones. Jones was shot dead in the parking lot of a Waffle House on Elysian Fields Avenue.



Two men and a juvenile face murder and other charges in connection to the October shooting death of rapper Young Greatness, New Orleans police said. The rapper, whose real name is Theodore Jones, was killed in the parking lot outside a Waffle House on Elysian Fields Avenue.

Donald Reaux, 38, who police previously arrested in the case on an accessory to murder charge; Donny Maxwell, 18, and an unidentified juvenile, were each indicted Wednesday (March 27) on charges of second-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Reaux was also indicted on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon.

The 34-year-old rapper was best known for his 2015 song, “Moolah," which made it to the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Jones was born in New Orleans, but moved to Houston after Hurricane Katrina, according to media reports. He often mentioned the influence of his hometown on his songs. The video for “Moolah” was set in New Orleans.

Various media outlets describe Jones as a still-rising star, a hardworking talent who used grit and the “slow burning success” of “Moolah” to make his way onto the hip-hop scene.

Jones is survived by two children, who were 6 and 16 at the time of Jones’ death, said the rapper’s aunt, Joann Gorden. His other aunt Joy Davis said her nephew’s connections to the 7th Ward were very important to him. He recognized the responsibility of being looked up to by his community, she said, and “wanted to make sure he represented his self and his family well.”

NOPD had not previously identified a motive in the fatal shooting, but said the day after it occurred that a car stolen from the scene had been recovered. It’s unclear if the robbery charges included in the indictment pertain to the stolen car, or only to the car. The Waffle House at that location had at least three surveillance cameras outside the building.

Reaux was the only one of the three people the grand jury indicted who NOPD had previously named as being wanted in the case.

The department first publicly released Reaux name on Dec. 11, then calling him a “person of interest" who detectives wanted to question about Jones’ killing. On Jan. 15, NOPD said in a news release a warrant had been obtained for Reaux on charges of obstruction of justice, conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and accessory to second degree murder. He was arrested the next day and booked on those charges. Reaux was not in custody on those charges as of Thursday, when NOPD homicide detectives and a SWAT team from the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested him in that parish to book him with the new charges. Online court records do not make clear when Reaux was released from jail on the obstruction-related and accessory to murder charges.

Maxwell’s was arrested Wednesday by NOPD homicide detectives, the NOPD violent offender warrant squad and the United States Marshall Service, who apprehended him in the 3500 block of Garden Oaks Drive, which is the address for the Jackson’s Landing apartment complex in Algiers, NOPD said in a news release on Thursday. Online court records show Maxwell had previously been arrested Oct. 9 -- a little less than three weeks before Jones’ homicide -- on several charges that were later dismissed by the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. The dismissed charges, which the DA’s office refused on March 1, included several counts of simple criminal damage to property, simple burglary, illegal possession of a stolen automobile and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

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