Bernita Ward stated that she thinks her son, BTB Savage, was murdered in retaliation for interviews and Instagram posts in which he boasted of thwarting a house invasion. Her son, whose real name is Darrell Gentry, was shot and killed on Thursday in the affluent Texas community of River Oaks, which is close to Fort Worth.
In an interview with VLAD-TV earlier this week, Gentry, a 26-year-old man with a four-year-old son and four years of military service described how he and his girlfriend successfully repelled an attempted robbery at his flat in February. The interview has now gone viral.
Later, on Thursday, he uploaded a photo to Instagram showing himself in the center of the bloody crime scene. He was fatally shot hours later, according to Houston police. Ms. Ward claimed that she forewarned him to refrain from discussing the fatal gunfight in interviews and on social media.
She told ABC13, “I said to remove that off social media.” “Let this family grieve in silence.
However, they were making fun of my son, telling him that they would kill the family, make his mother cry, and then kill his son.
Don’t answer, I instructed my youngster. Letting it go. But they sent members of their family to rob my son. She continued by saying she was certain the heist and the murder of her son were related.
Gentry claimed in an interview with VLAD-TV that a group had gotten in touch with him about participating in a song that may launch his rap career. Instead, they showed up at his San Antonio apartment and attempted to rob him.
He explained how he gave his girlfriend the order to shoot the purported intruder. According to Gentry, the alleged thief begged for forgiveness and claimed to “have kids too,” but he replied, “I don’t give a f*** about you.” You’re going to pass away.
He continued by saying that while he was dying on the floor of his apartment, his attacker begged for his life. He said, “Come on, take me along, bro; I can get to the hospital; I just have to get there.”
I told the youngster, “I ain’t going you to no f***** hospital.” If they come to save you, they will do so. If not, you’re out of here. final day. Final meal. You ate whoever the f*** before you came here.
He responded, “They might do what they do, but I’m going to get involved,” when the journalist asked if he was worried about reprisals. That is all there is to it.
The two individuals accused of shooting Gentry, according to Houston police, were in a black Subaru and were wearing black clothing, including hoodies and sunglasses. According to authorities, they exited the truck and ran off down San Felipe.
American rappers have recently been killed by guns on a number of occasions. In the 2018 shooting death of popular rapper XXXTentacion, who was slain outside a South Florida motorcycle store while being robbed of $50,000, three men were convicted guilty of first-degree murder on Monday. Baby Cino, a 20-year-old rapper who had just been freed from a Florida jail, was shot and killed in a highway ambush in 2022.