SAN ANTONIO – Taymor McIntyre, the rapper known as Tay-K, is set to go to trial Tuesday in Bexar County for capital murder, years after a series of delays.
A hearing with the prosecution, defense and judge — without a present jury — began on Tuesday afternoon.
Below is a timeline of events from Tuesday’s court proceedings. This will be updated throughout the afternoon. You can watch coverage of the trial at the top of this article, on KSAT.com, the free KSAT Plus streaming app and KSAT’s YouTube channel.
1:23 p.m. – Taymor McIntyre — dressed in a white shirt, blue tie and black vest — walks into the courtroom for the hearing with his defense team of attorneys Gerry Goldstein and John Hunter.
1:35 p.m. – The hearing begins with the prosecution, defense and Judge Stephanie Boyd. The judge requested that no audio be made available during the hearing portion of our livestream coverage.
1:47 p.m. – The judge allows audio to return to KSAT’s livestream coverage.
1:52 p.m. – Jurors enter the courtroom.
Background
McIntyre, who gained notoriety for his viral song “The Race” while on the run from authorities, was arrested in 2017 at age 17 for two separate murders — one in Tarrant County and another in San Antonio.
McIntyre, now 23, is already serving a 55-year sentence for murder out of Tarrant County.
While on the run, he was allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar on April 23, 2017. It occurred outside a Chick-fil-A near North Star Mall in San Antonio.
If found guilty, McIntyre would automatically be sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after serving 30 years.
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