What started as a quick trip to buy drugs at an Euless apartment complex ended with one man dead and another headed to prison for most of his adult life.
The Tarrant County District Attorney’s office announced that 21-year-old Reynaldo Marcos Silva pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a December 2024 shooting that killed 22-year-old Alexander Antonio Borras at an Euless apartment complex. Prosecutors say Silva went to the complex to buy drugs and, according to investigators, shot Borras during what detectives describe as a planned robbery. Borras was taken to a hospital in Grapevine, where he died.
In a post by the Tarrant County DA, the office thanked the Euless Police Department and singled out “Det. Coffee” for investigative work that helped secure Silva’s plea and sentence. The same post notes that detectives recovered messages in which Silva discussed robbing the victim and told friends he needed to go to Mexico…