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Prosecutors said that McIntyre shot Saldivar after the rapper
tried to rob him. Authorities said McIntyre had picked up
Saldivar, who was a photographer, in a car after asking him to
take photos of the rapper for a new song.
McIntyre’s attorneys had criticized the police investigation of
the shooting, alleging the case relied too much on self-serving
statements from witnesses in the car when the shooting happened.
“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, told jurors during closing
arguments last 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 found McIntyre not guilty of capital murder, which
would have meant a life sentence without the chance of parole.
The jury will now hear evidence in the trial’s punishment phase
before deciding on a sentence.
McIntyre was also convicted in 2019 for the shooting death of
21-year-old Ethan Walker during a home invasion in 2016 in
Mansfield, southeast of Fort Worth, Texas.
McIntyre recorded “The Race" while he was on the run from
authorities for the home invasion.
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