i wanna ask you something about merlin santana?

Question

why did he get shot and was he married cuz in one of the eposied of THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW i saw a gold ring in his wedding finger so was he married just asking

Answer 1

I can't remember exactly, but I think a girl that she was with accused him of raping her and either her brother or boyfriend went after him and killed him. It turned out that she was lying about the rape.

He wasn't married but he had a 7-year-old daughter at the time of his death. (from Wikipedia)

Answer 2

On November 9, 2002, Santana died after getting shot in the head while sitting in the passenger seat of a friend’s car. He was 26 years old.

At 2:30 AM that day, Merlin was sitting in a parked car and a person approached the car and shot him (6 times according to one source). He died before any help could arrive. The public did not find out until Monday morning. A woman was arrested early on Monday for possible connections to the murder. She was later charged and the police are currently looking for two men. He was buried on November 18, 2002 and leaves behind a 7 year old daughter. Allhiphop.com featured a story on the details that may have lead to his death. It is believed the young girl set him up to be robbed, but the end result was Merlin's death.

Damien Andre Gates was convicted of the first-degree murder of Santana and the attempted murder of another man in the car and was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus 70 years in prison. Brandon Douglas Bynes received 23 years' imprisonment after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon. An officer involved in the case testified that Monique King, reportedly the girlfriend of Gates and aged 15 at the time of Santana's death, falsely claimed that Santana had tried to rape her, which prompted Gates and Bynes to attack the car. King received eight years in juvenile custody. [1]