Crime & Justice

Andrew Tyler, Milwaukee man, killed over beats

24-year-old Jorge Martinez and 24-year-old Rowlando Davis have each been charged with one count of felony murder, party to a crime, after allegedly causing the death of Andrew Tyler over some bad “rap beats.”

Published

13 years ago

January 7, 2012

UVM Staff

Andrew Tyler

The murder of Andrew Tyler

The criminal complaint in the case says the murder occurred during an armed robbery.

Criminal complaint

The complaint says police responded to a report of shots fired in the 4400 block of N. 50th Street on December 5th, and found Tyler’s body lying in a doorway, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The complaint says Martinez told officials he’s a member of a rap group, and had purchased some music from Tyler to use for their lyrics. Martinez told officials he paid $450 cash and a PlayStation 3 with some games for the music.

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