Texas rapper Tay-Ok faces life in jail after being discovered responsible of homicide
19-year-old Texas rapper Tay-Ok has been discovered responsible of homicide and aggravated theft. He beforehand pleaded responsible to 2 different counts of aggravated theft associated to the identical incident. In complete, he faces 5 to 99 years in jail.
Because the Forth Price Star-Telegram studies, Tay-Ok, born Taymor McIntyre, participated in a July 2016 dwelling invasion in Mansfield, TX. Throughout the theft, 21-year-old Ethan Walker was shot and killed by one in all McIntyre’s associates, Latharian Merritt. A second man, Zachary Beloate, was shot however survived. Merritt pleaded responsible to the homicide of Walker and was sentenced to life in jail. Sean Robinson, the person who’s accused of capturing Beloate, additionally pled responsible to homicide in November and obtained a 40-year sentence.
McIntyre was arrested shortly after the theft and positioned on home arrest with an ankle monitor. His notorious and brief profession as a rapper started when he minimize off the monitor and went on the run in 2017. On June 30th of that 12 months, he launched the music video for his single “The Race”, which noticed him waving a gun and bragging about committing crimes in entrance of his precise wished poster. That very same day, following a nation-wide manhunt, he was apprehended by US Marshals in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Again in custody, McIntyre pleaded not responsible to capital homicide and the third aggravated theft cost. His attorneys argued that as a result of he was unarmed on the time of the theft, he was not answerable for the dying of Walker or the capturing of Beloate. Prosecutors satisfied the jury that since McIntyre knew others in his group identified to be “trigger-happy” had been carrying weapons, he was culpable for his or her actions.
McIntyre was discovered not responsible of the extra critical capital homicide cost, which might have carried a compulsory 40-year jail sentence. Nonetheless, he nonetheless faces a separate capital homicide case in Bexar County. Officers say that whereas on the lam from home arrest, McIntyre shot and killed 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar after stealing his images gear. Throughout that very same interval, McIntyre allegedly beat and robbed 65-year-old Owney “Skip” Pepe, leaving “him for useless within the woods.” Pepe and his spouse, Barbara, have filed a lawsuit in opposition to McIntyre.
Walker’s dad and mom and Beloate are additionally suing Tay-Ok and his label, 88 Classics, for over $1 million in damages because of the success of “The Race”. Explaining the case to the Star-Telegram, the plaintiffs’ lawyer Brian Butcher mentioned,
“The precept behind this case is that individuals and firms shouldn’t revenue from violent crimes in opposition to the harmless. Taymor McIntyre turned a risk to society, presumably with the encouragement of others, in an effort to promote gross sales of his music. I would like these gross sales to compensate his victims, to not enrich a file firm that helps a baby thug.”
