Investigators discovered hundreds of fentanyl pills when Daltha Ray Terrell, aka “Goo Ray,” showed up at a local hospital after shooting himself in the arm.
AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking following an overdose death on a CapMetro bus in 2023.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), 31-year-old Daltha Ray Terrell, aka “Goo Ray,” took himself to a local hospital on March 24, 2023, with a gunshot wound to his arm, claiming someone shot him.
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An investigation later revealed Terrell had shot himself in the arm while attempting to pull his gun from his jacket, the DOJ said.
Officers obtained a search warrant for Terrell’s car, where they discovered more than 600 blue pills with “M-30” markings that later tested positive for fentanyl. They also discovered two firearms.
Months later, on Dec. 1, 2023, officers responded to a deadly overdose on a CapMetro bus. A small amount of crushed blue powder that was found on the victim tested positive for fentanyl, the DOJ said. “Fentanyl toxicity” was later ruled as the victim’s sole cause of death.
Video surveillance showed the victim boarding the bus near where Terrell lived, and evidence from the victim’s phone and Cash App revealed Terrell was his dealer.
Authorities searched Terrell’s residence and found approximately 2,000 blue “M-30” pills suspected to contain fentanyl, two handguns – including one equipped with a machine gun conversion device – and a shotgun later discovered to have been stolen in a home invasion robbery a month earlier.
Investigators said that from June 6, 2023, until Terrell’s arrest on May 22, 2024, he distributed over 400 grams of fentanyl.
Terrell pleaded guilty on Jan. 21, 2026, to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possession of a firearm in a drug trafficking crime.