KWTX reported a jury sentenced Brandon Michael Davis to life in prison in the shooting death of Dustin Ray Nobles.

Life, with at least 30 years before he can seek parole, is the term KWTX reported after Wednesday's punishment deliberations. The rejected 40-year plea would have made him eligible after 20 years, on that page. About 15 minutes was Tuesday's guilt deliberation, and just more than two hours was Wednesday's punishment deliberation.

KWTX, by Tommy Witherspoon, published Nov. 4, 2026, at 5:21 p.m. CST. The page printed an update as a relative time. That relative time was not used. The story says a Bruceville-Eddy Man who shot and killed a man he warned off his property in 2025 and then told him to "die slow" was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday. The headline on that page spells man with a lowercase m. The body capitalizes Man. It says Brandon Michael Davis, 20, must serve at least 30 years in prison before he can seek parole in the January 2025 shooting death of 38-year-old Dustin (Dusty) Ray Nobles. Dusty, in parentheses, is on this page. The Nov. 3 story below prints Dustin Ray Nobles and does not print Dusty. It says jurors in Waco's 54th State District Court took just 15 minutes Tuesday before rejecting Davis' self-defense claims and finding him guilty of murder. The ordinal on the page is a superscript. It says jurors deliberated just more than two hours Wednesday to determine his punishment after finding out that Davis was placed on probation twice as a juvenile for assaulting his mother and father. About 15 minutes, and just more than two hours, are not the same deliberation. Tuesday was the verdict. Wednesday was the punishment. The parents are not named.

The same story says testimony during the three-day trial showed Davis told Nobles in a text message in December 2024 that he would shoot him if he came back to his property in the 1300 block of Old Moody Road or on the road in front of his home. It says that after Davis shot Nobles on Jan. 5, 2025, outside his home, witnesses testified Davis told Nobles "make sure you die slow." It says investigators said Nobles' vehicle broke down in front of Davis' home and Davis told his grandfather to go outside and tell him he leave. Those four words are not inside quotation marks on this page. The Nov. 3 story quotes them. It says Davis testified he gave Nobles 10 minutes to fix his vehicle and vacate his property. It says he confronted Nobles armed with a .22-caliber rifle, and that Nobles approached him aggressively with his fists clinched and ready to fight. Fists clinched, on this page, and hands balled up into fists, in the Nov. 3 account below, are not the same phrase. It says Davis shot Nobles in the chest. It says Kacy Phillips, a McLennan County juvenile probation officer, testified Wednesday that Davis was sent to a residential treatment center in Wylie in 2022 while on juvenile probation, where he received substance abuse treatment, family therapy, and anger management counseling after assaulting his parents in separate incidents. His mother and father, in the deliberation sentence, and his parents, in the Phillips sentence, are the page's words. The Nov. 3 story's page printed court records that he was placed on probation twice as a juvenile, first in February 2022 in Bosque County for assault family violence and again in March 2022 for the same offense. February, March, Bosque County, and assault family violence are that Nov. 3 page. They are not in the Nov. 4 story. Wylie, Kacy Phillips, and the treatment center are the Nov. 4 story.

The Nov. 4 story says prosecutors Alyssa Killin and Duncan Widmann told jurors that despite his youth, Davis showed absolutely no remorse after gunning down Nobles, and that his violent tendencies escalated quickly after his juvenile probation. Gunning down is that page's verb. It says they asked the jury of six women and six men to assess a life prison term. It quotes Killin: "Today is about protecting the community from the danger you now know exists." It quotes her next: "Because you know now what he is capable of. He is calculating. He was planning this event and just waiting for the opportunity." It says Davis' attorney, Clay Thomas, asked the jury for a 20-year sentence, so Davis could pay for his crime and still have a life left to come back to. It says Davis rejected a 40-year plea offer from the DA's office before trial, which would have made him eligible for parole after 20 years. At least 30 years before he can seek parole, on the life term, and parole after 20 years, on the rejected plea, are that page's two clocks. The Nov. 3 story said the range was from five to 99 years and up to life, and that the punishment phase would begin Wednesday morning. The paragraphs below are that verdict story and the Nov. 2 account of the testimony. Wednesday's term is this later story.

KWTX, by Tommy Witherspoon, published Nov. 3, 2026, at 7:17 p.m. CST. The page record is 2026-11-04T01:17:27.745Z, and a script field on the page prints 11/03/2026. The story URL is dated 2026/11/04. The page also printed an update as a relative time. That relative time was not used. The modified time in the page record is the same as the published time. The story says a Bruceville-Eddy Man who threatened to shoot another man if he came near his property again was found guilty of murder Tuesday in the man's 2025 shooting death. The headline on that page spells man with a lowercase m. The body capitalizes Man. It says jurors in Waco's 54th State District Court deliberated about 15 minutes before finding Brandon Michael Davis guilty and rejecting his and his grandfather's claims that the 20-year-old Davis shot Dustin Ray Nobles in self-defense. The ordinal on the page is a superscript. It says the punishment phase is set to begin Wednesday morning, that Davis remains in jail, and that he faces from five to 99 years and up to life in prison. Nov. 3, 2026, was a Tuesday. Wednesday morning is Nov. 4. The range is what the page says he faces. It is not a term the story says the jury set on Tuesday.

The same story says Davis testified Tuesday that he and Nobles, 38, had previous run-ins because he didn't like the way Nobles treated Davis' aunt, Nobles' girlfriend. It does not name the aunt. It says Davis told Nobles in a text message in December 2024 that he would shoot him if he came back to his property in the 1300 block of Old Moody Road or on the road in front of his home. It says that after Davis shot Nobles on Jan. 5, 2025, outside his home, witnesses testified Davis told Nobles "make sure you die slow." It says investigators said Nobles' vehicle broke down in front of Davis' home and Davis told his grandfather to go outside and "tell him he leave." Those four words are the page's. It says the grandfather did so, but Nobles said it would take about 30 minutes to an hour to fix his car, according to arrest records. It says that, according to an arrest affidavit, Davis asked his grandfather to tell Nobles he had 10 minutes to leave. It says Davis and his grandfather started arguing about the situation and Davis pushed past him to tell Nobles that he had 10 minutes to leave, according to arrest records. It says a witness told police he heard Nobles say "come at me," and then he cursed Davis, and that the witness then heard a "pop," according to the affidavit. It says the grandfather testified Tuesday that Nobles rushed his grandson and was swinging a hammer at him, that Davis deflected the blow, and that Davis then shot him. It says Davis testified Tuesday he didn't see Nobles with a hammer, and that Nobles had his hands balled up into fists and moved aggressively toward him. A hammer, and fists with no hammer, are not the same account. It says Davis shot him in the chest with a .22-caliber rifle, authorities have said. It says Davis clarified that he told Nobles to "die slow" because an ambulance was coming. It says police said in arrest documents that the front passenger side wheel was removed, the front of the car was resting on a jack, and there was a bag with tools on the ground near the vehicle.

KWTX's Nov. 2, 2026, story, also by Tommy Witherspoon, published at 4:53 p.m. CST. The page record is 2026-11-02T22:53:59.87Z. It says testimony was set to resume Tuesday morning in the 54th State District Court. It says defense attorney Clay Thomas told jurors in opening statements that Davis acted in self-defense, and that prosecutors Alyssa Killin and Duncan Widmann then called Nobles' mother, Darlene Nobles, as the state's first witness. The Nov. 3 story does not print those three names. The Nov. 2 story text says he told him "make sure you die slow." The page's description field says "make sure you did slow." Did, and die, are not the same word. The Nov. 2 story says a witness told investigators he ran after Davis in an attempt to tackle him, that a second witness saw Davis holding a rifle and said that from what he saw Nobles attacked Davis and the gun discharged, and that police found a loaded .22-caliber rifle in Davis' bedroom and a .22-caliber shell casing in the driveway. The Nov. 3 story's rifle sentence says authorities have said he shot Nobles in the chest with a .22-caliber rifle. It does not print the bedroom or the casing. The Nov. 2 story prints an affidavit sentence that begins "David, according to the affidavit, was upset," and says Davis said Nobles had no weapon and did not threaten him. No weapon, on that affidavit account, and a hammer, in the grandfather's Tuesday testimony, are not the same object. The Nov. 2 page does not print the grandfather's Tuesday testimony. That testimony is on the Nov. 3 story. The guilty verdict is what the Nov. 3 story reported. The punishment phase had not started when that story was published. The life term is the Nov. 4 story above. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.