D.C. rapper No Savage has pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to a June 2022 shooting at the Tysons Corner Center mall in Virginia.
Savage (real name Noah Settles) now faces up to 33 years in prison and is set to be sentenced on June 23. Following his felony conviction on Thursday (February 9), Savage pleaded guilty to three counts of maliciously discharging a firearm in an occupied building and one count of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
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Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced the conviction in a statement and scolded No Savage for his decision to fire a gun into a crowded mall.
“When I came into office, we promised to take serious crimes seriously,” Descano said. “I can think of few more serious crimes than this: taking a gun and firing into a crowded, public space, endangering the safety of our community members and visitors, disrupting public life and threatening their future safety.”
Descano added: “Today’s outcome guarantees accountability for every piece of this incident. The defendant is pleading guilty to the most serious charges.
No Savage initially faced seven charges, including attempted malicious wounding. His trial was scheduled to begin on Monday (February 13).
Savage fired three shots inside the Tysons Corner Mall in Fairfax, Virginia on Father’s Day, and fled the scene in a black Cadillac before authorities arrived. Police claim shots were allegedly fired after Savage’s entourage, who are reportedly affiliated with the 37th Street Crew in Southeast D.C., came across the Simple City Crew, a rival gang that they had been feuding with.
The group of men began arguing and shoving each other, according to Fairfax Police Chief Kevin Davis, until Mr. Settles allegedly pulled out a gun and fired the shots.
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No Savage was starting to gain some serious traction with his music these past few years. He signed with Shy Glizzy’s Glizzy Gang in 2020, and currently has over 148,000 monthly listeners, while his Instagram account has around 30,000 followers.
“I love working with the youngins and teaching them,” Glizzy told HipHopDX of his partnership with No Savage. “I’m going to have to do a lot of that with this artist because a lot of these kids that’s coming out, they’re very young: 17, 18, 19 years old. And I remember when I was 19, I didn’t have that type of support from no one in my hometown. No one in the game really fucked with me like that, so I’m here to steer him in the right way.”
