ELIZABETH -- A 17-year-old fugitive rapper wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service on a capital murder charge in Texas was staying with a friend in New Jersey when he was captured last week, authorities said Thursday.
Taymor Travon McIntyre, who U.S. Marshals have described as a "violent fugitive," was arrested without incident at about 2 p.m. Friday near Newark Avenue in Elizabeth, authorities said.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Maggie Barone said officials made the arrest after the service's North Texas Fugitive Task Force informed the New York and New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force that McIntyre could be in the area.
The local task force then started its own investigation that involved surveillance, Barone said. In a statement, the U.S. Marshals Service thanked the public for its support, saying that "dozens of tips poured in from the entire country, aiding in his apprehension."
The service has said McIntyre would be held in local custody pending his extradition to Texas. It is unclear if he has been taken back to Texas as of Thursday.
Union County Jail officials said he was not being held there and a lieutenant with the Union County Juvenile Detention Center said the center does not release information about minors.
Officials with the U.S. Marshals Service's Northern District of Texas office could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
In a statement June 26, U.S. Marshals said McIntyre was believed to be in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. The agency released a description and photos of the fugitive, but did not disclose any information about the crimes for which he is wanted.
McIntyre, a Texas rapper who goes by "Tay-K 47," is a suspect in a separate murder case, according to reporting in the Star-Telegram, a newspaper in Fort Worth, Texas.
In March, McIntyre cut off his ankle monitor while on house arrest in connection with the murder and a robbery, the newspaper reported. The rapper on March 27 tweeted, "they gn hav 2 catch me on hood."
On the day of his arrest, the rapper's account tweeted, "FEDS CANT HOLD ME BACK HERE IT GO." The tweet included a link to a music video published the same day.
The friend he was visiting in New Jersey had made music with the rapper in the past, authorities said.
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