Texas Rapper Tay-K Found Guilty In Mansfield Home Invasion That Left Man Dead

MANSFIELD, TX. (THECOUNT) — North Texas rapper “Tay-K” was found guilty of murder and aggravated robbery by a Tarrant County jury on Friday, Fox4News reported Friday.

Taymore McIntyre, 19, was part of a home invasion robbery in Mansfield that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old man and left another man injured in July 2016. McIntyre pleaded guilty at the start of the trial to two counts of aggravated robbery for other people who were also in the home.

The musician faces five to 99 years in prison for each charge he has been convicted of at trial.

His lawyers unsuccessfully argued that Tay-K didn’t know Ethan Walker would be killed by an accomplice, Latharian Merritt. Prosecutors said Tay-K knew what he was getting into and witnesses testified he had asked Merritt to be involved in the crime.

McIntyre still faces another aggravated robbery charge in Tarrant County and a capital murder charge in Bexar County. Both happened after Tay-K cut off his ankle monitor given to him after being arrested for the Mansfield murder.

McIntyre is accused of robbing and killing a man at a San Antonio Chick-fil-A in April 2017 and robbing a 65-year-old man in Arlington in May 2017. Those two crimes triggered a nationwide manhunt, which resulted in Tay-K’s capture in June 2017.

A song Tay-K recorded, “The Race,” was posted on YouTube while he was on the run from authorities. It made the Billboard Hot 100 following his June 2017 arrest in New Jersey.

He also created a mixtape, Santana World, while incarcerated. It was released by a record company, making more than a half-million dollars according to a report. The family of Walker and a survivor of the home invasion have sued the record label, seeking all profits from the mixtape.

Geo quick facts: Mansfield is a suburban city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. The city is located mostly in Tarrant county, with small parts in Ellis and Johnson counties. Its location is almost equidistant to Dallas and Fort Worth, and is adjacent to Arlington – Wikipedia.