DC Rapper Noah Settles Gets 3 Years For Firing Gun In Tysons Corner

TYSONS, VA — A judge sentenced Noah Settles of Washington, D.C., to three years in prison for firing a gun in Tysons Corner Center in June 2022, the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office announced Friday.

Settles, 23, a rapper known by the stage name “No Savage,” pled guilty to four felony charges in February, including three counts of maliciously discharging a firearm in an occupied building and using a firearm in commission of a felony.

Settles also received 10 years of probation and is not allowed to return to the mall. He faced up to 33 years in prison, according to the commonwealth’s attorney office.

“Firing a gun into a public space is a serious crime, one that endangered our community members and threatened their future sense of safety,” Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said in a statement. “In cases like these, it is the prosecutor’s job to ensure accountability and use the tools at our disposal to prevent this sort of dangerous incident from happening again.”

The shooting occurred on Saturday, June 18, 2022, over Father’s Day weekend. No one was hit by the bullets, but three people were injured during the mall’s evacuation, the commonwealth’s attorney office said.

During court hearings, video footage from mall surveillance cameras and bystanders’ phones showed Settles getting into a fight with another group of people, fleeing briefly, then turning back to fire three shots by a mall kiosk. Settles turned himself into the Fairfax County Police Department on June 22, 2022.

The people who fought before Settles fired the shots were believed to be members of the 37th Street Crew and the Simple City Crew, both from Southeast D.C., Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said at a news conference on June 23, 2022.

Settles, who is affiliated with the 37th Street Crew, displayed a firearm during the initial scuffle but did not fire any shots, police said. A few minutes later, also on the second floor of the mall, Settles took out his gun again and fire three shots in the crowded mall, according to Davis.

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