Rapper Tay-Ok, greatest identified for his hit 2017 monitor “The Race,” has been convicted of homicide for the second time.
The 24-year-old, whose actual title is Taymor McIntyre, was beforehand sentenced to 55 years behind bars in 2019 in connection to the homicide of 21-year-old Ethan Walker throughout a botched dwelling invasion.
Six years later, the California native is dealing with an extra 5 to 99 years in jail after being discovered responsible for fatally taking pictures a photographer whereas on the run from police for the preliminary killing, which passed off in 2016.
Tay-Ok was positioned on home arrest on the time and ordered to put on an ankle monitor.
In the meantime, Latharian Merritt, the person accused of taking pictures Walker, was handed a life sentence for the killing.
Whereas the jury discovered Tay-Ok responsible of murdering Mark Anthony Saldivar, in April 2017, they didn’t discover him responsible of capital homicide — which carries an automated life sentence, Information 4 San Antonio studies.
After eradicating his ankle monitor, the rapper escaped home arrest simply earlier than a courtroom listening to associated to his involvement in a 2016 dwelling invasion, which passed off when he was 16.
In response to the arrest warrant regarding the second killing, the rapper acted as an adjunct as a part of a bunch who picked up the 23-year-old photographer San Antonio, Texas, for a photoshoot going down close by.
In the course of the drive to a mall for the photoshoot, Saldivar was robbed at gunpoint for his digicam and picture gear, earlier than being fatally shot, Fort Price Star-Telegram studies. Tay-Ok was 17 years previous on the time of the killing.
One of many rapper’s attorneys informed jurors final week that police relied too closely on statements from witnesses within the automotive in the course of the investigation.
“Taymor McIntyre is not guilty of capital murder, murder, or manslaughter, and the reason for that is very simple,” Tay-Ok’s legal professional John Hunter mentioned in courtroom, per KSAT. “You have to do it right. You have to do the work. And this case clearly demonstrates the work wasn’t done.”
The Publish has reached out to Tay-Ok’s reps for remark.
On the time of the second homicide, the rapper launched his hit track “The Race.” Simply hours after he launched the video for the one on June 30, 2017, police arrested him in New Jersey.
The track’s music video has since amassed over 251 million views on YouTube.
The rapper was handed a 30-year jail sentence and a $5,000 high quality on one rely of aggravated theft.
He was additionally given an extra 13 years in jail and a $3,000 high quality for the remaining two counts of aggravated theft regarding the botched dwelling invasion in 2016.
Tay-Ok should serve at the least half of his sentence earlier than he’s eligible for parole.
