SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas rapper who carried out as Tay-Okay and was finest recognized for his 2017 single “The Race” was convicted of homicide for a second time after a jury discovered him responsible of fatally capturing a San Antonio man.
Taymor McIntyre faces as much as life in jail with the potential of parole for the killing of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar in 2017. McIntyre had already been been serving a 55-year sentence over a separate deadly capturing.
Prosecutors mentioned that McIntyre shot Saldivar after the rapper tried to rob him. Authorities mentioned McIntyre had picked up Saldivar, who was a photographer, in a automotive after asking him to take pictures of the rapper for a brand new track.
McIntyre’s attorneys had criticized the police investigation of the capturing, alleging the case relied an excessive amount of on self-serving statements from witnesses within the automotive when the capturing occurred.
“Taymor McIntyre is not guilty of capital murder, murder, or manslaughter, and the reason for that is very simple,” John Hunter, one in every of McIntyre’s attorneys, advised jurors throughout closing arguments final week. “You have to do it right. You have to do the work. And this case clearly demonstrates the work wasn’t done.”
The jury discovered McIntyre not responsible of capital homicide, which might have meant a life sentence with out the possibility of parole. The jury will now hear proof within the trial’s punishment section earlier than deciding on a sentence.
McIntyre was additionally convicted in 2019 for the capturing loss of life of 21-year-old Ethan Walker throughout a house invasion in 2016 in Mansfield, southeast of Fort Value, Texas.
McIntyre recorded “The Race” whereas he was on the run from authorities for the house invasion.
