Tay-K47 Found Guilty in Deadly Chick-fil-A Shooting—Now Faces Life Behind Bars.
The rapper, famous for his 2017 hit “The Race,” was earlier sentenced to 55 years behind bars for a different deadly shooting.
Rapper Tay-K47 has been convicted of murder for a second time. Tay-K, whose real name is Taymor McIntyre, showed up in court on Monday, April 14, facing charges for the murder of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar.
The photographer was tragically shot at a Chick-fil-A in San Antonio on April 23, 2017, as reported by KSAT 12 and News4SA. McIntyre was acquitted of capital murder, which would have led to a life sentence without parole. However, the jury did find him guilty of the lesser charge of murder, according to the reports. Prosecutors claimed that McIntyre attempted to steal Saldivar's camera gear before shooting him in the car he had picked him up in, as stated by Fort Worth Star-Telegram and NBC News.
The rapper’s lawyers criticized the police’s handling of the shooting, alleging that there was excessive reliance on statements from witnesses.
“Taymor McIntyre is not guilty of capital murder, murder, or manslaughter, and the reason for that is very simple,” John Hunter, one of McIntyre’s attorneys, said during closing arguments, per NBC News. “You have to do it right. You have to do the work. And this case clearly demonstrates the work wasn’t done.”
How a Photoshoot Turned Deadly: The Case Against Tay-K47
Rapper Tay-K47, born Taymor McIntyre, was found guilty of murder in the 2017 shooting of photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar outside a Chick-fil-A in San Antonio. At the time, Tay-K had been on the run—he had cut off his ankle monitor while awaiting trial for an earlier murder charge. He reportedly lured Saldivar under the pretense of a photoshoot to promote his music, but the meeting turned violent when Tay-K and his associates attempted to rob him of his equipment. Saldivar was fatally shot during the altercation.
A key witness, Joanna Reyes, testified that she saw Tay-K pull the trigger—a claim she made as part of a plea deal to reduce her own charges. Although the jury acquitted Tay-K of capital murder, they convicted him of the lesser charge of murder. He faced a possible sentence of 5 to 99 years, in addition to the 55-year sentence he was already serving for his role in a deadly 2016 home invasion.
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