Shooter sentenced to 40 years in botched North Texas drug robbery that killed one
A judge this week handed down a 40-year sentence for a man who admitted to killing someone in a 2024 drug robbery, Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells said.
Reynaldo Marcus Silva, 21, pleaded guilty to murder in the death of 22-year-old Alexander Antonio Borras. Silva shot Borras as he tried to steal the victim’s vape cartridges, authorities said.
Officers responded to a Euless apartment complex in the 1800 block of Fuller Wiser Road about 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2024, and found Borras with gunshot wounds. He died in the hospital around two hours later.
Two women later told police they saw a man wearing a hoodie at the crime scene, according to a warrant supporting Silva’s arrest. One of the women was able to get a good look at the man’s face when she looked out her apartment window after hearing gunshots.
At the scene, investigators found a .40-caliber Glock magazine, a THC vape cartridge, a marijuana cigarette and cash. In a park east of the scene, they found more cash and vape cartridges and a spent .40-caliber shell casing, according to the arrest warrant affidavit. Investigators also found a cellphone near the scene, which contained social media messages between Silva and Borras around the time of the shooting.
Borras’ sister told investigators that her brother was a drug dealer, and said she believed he was shot while making a transaction, the affidavit states. She also said she saw a man running from the area after the shooting in the direction where the shell casing and phone were later found.
After the murder, detectives discovered Silva was messaging friends saying he needed to go to Mexico, Sorrells said.
