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Man arrested for murder of San Antonio rapper BTB Savage
Man arrested for murder of San Antonio rapper BTB Savage
by @JayGutta305
Published on: Apr 12, 2023
On March 30, 2023, Darrell Gentry, a San Antonio rapper known as BTB Savage, was shot and killed in Houston. After using cell phone records and license plate readers along I-10, the police identified Montrel Burley of New Braunfels as a suspect. Burley was arrested and charged with murder, with his bail set at $1 million. Court documents show that the killing was considered gang-related retaliation. Gentry had recently been staying in a short-term rental in Houston, and prior to his shooting, he talked in a YouTube video and made a social media post about his involvement in the shooting death of Omar Richardson in San Antonio. The police in Houston, New Braunfels, and San Antonio coordinated their efforts to apprehend Burley. They discovered that he was close friends with Richardson, and they were both members of San Antonio's Stixx gang that branched into Blood Stone Villains, or BSV. Burley's defense attorney did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The police said that two people were seen fleeing the scene of the drive-by shooting in a black Subaru sport-utility vehicle. Burley is suspected to be one of them, while the second person was unknown as of Tuesday. Burley had rented the car a few days before the shooting in San Antonio, and the police connected him to the vehicle because surveillance footage showed it was parked in front of his residence in New Braunfels. After obtaining a search warrant for the SUV, the police discovered a shell casing that was similar to those found at the scene of the shooting. They also seized the phones of Burley and his fiancé. Burley told detectives that he had not recently been in Houston and had loaned out the vehicle he rented, and then he requested an attorney when asked who borrowed the vehicle. Burley's fiancé told police he had been away from home from the morning of March 30 until that night. The police used Burley's cell phone records to track its location during the days surrounding the shooting. Burley’s bond was set at $1 million Tuesday by a magistrate judge, who ordered that Burley is to remain in Texas and wear a GPS monitor if he posts bail and is released from jail.