Police responded to a call about a Jan. 21 shooting and found Rooks with multiple gunshot wounds lying on a road in the Atlanta suburb of Panthersville, Georgia, according to an incident report from DeKalb County Police Department. Rooks was pronounced dead on the spot, the report said.
According to the report, security camera images of nearby homes were captured before several high-speed vehicles fled the scene.
Police said in a statement that Silentó was later identified as a suspect.
Investigators have not yet established a motive for the shooting.
Silentó was put in prison on Monday and is currently being held there on a murder charge, prison records show. The authorities charged him with murder.
CNN has contacted representatives for Silentó.