A 33-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of rapper Takeoff, who police say was an “innocent man” when he was shot outside a Houston nightclub. Patrick Xavier Clark was taken into custody Thursday night, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said.
Clark’s arrest came one day after another man was charged in connection with the Nov. 1 shooting, which authorities said followed an argument over a dice game and injured two other people.
Clark was jailed Friday pending a bond hearing. Court records do not list an attorney who can speak for him, but they show that he was arrested as he prepared to turn his back on the trip to Mexico.
This photo, provided by the Houston Police Department, shows Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, who was arrested in the shooting of rapper Takeoff. (Houston Police Dept. via AP). Born Kirsnick Khari Ball, Takeoff was the youngest member of Migos, a Grammy-nominated rap trio from suburban Atlanta that also featured his uncle Quavo and cousin Offset.
The singer, 28, was shot outside the bowling alley around 2:30 in the morning, when police say a fight broke out as more than 30 people were leaving a private party there. Earlier, the police said that a man and a woman received non-life threatening injuries and at least two people opened fire.
Michael Burrow said during Friday’s news conference that the shooting followed a disagreement over a “high-stakes” dice game, but that Takeoff was not involved and was “an innocent bystander.” Finner said police do not know if Clark was invited to the party or if he knew Takeoff. Trending Now Bank of Canada is expected to deliver an interest rate hike next week.
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said. Some of those people have since been found by authorities, who have also worked to piece together events through ballistics, video and audio recordings, according to Burrow. He said the investigators are still trying to find witnesses, “We will be looking to find you,” he said. “It will be easier if you find us.” On Wednesday, authorities announced the arrest of Cameron Joshua in connection with the shooting.
Joshua has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm at the time of the Takeoff shooting, but prosecutors say it is not believed the 22-year-old fired the weapon. Christopher Downey, Joshua’s lawyer, told the media that he had not seen anything to suggest that his client was involved in Takeoff’s murder.
Story continues below advertisement Burrow said investigators believe it was Clark’s gunshot that killed the rapper. 1:52 Police say Takeoff was a ‘bystander’ and ‘not involved’ in the altercation that led to the fatal shooting Prosecutors on Friday asked the court to set Clark’s bond at $1 million, saying he is a flight risk. After Takeoff was shot, Clark applied for an expedited passport by posting an itinerary for an “immediate” flight to Mexico, according to court records.
They said he was arrested the day he got his passport and was carrying “a large amount of money.” Fans and other artists, including Drake and Justin Bieber, celebrated Takeoff’s history at a memorial service last month in Atlanta. The record label, Quality Control, mourned Takeoff’s death in a statement posted on Instagram, which he linked to “senseless violence.” Migos first broke out with the hit single “Versace” in 2013.
He had four Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, although Takeoff did not have many weeks at No. 1 single “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. They released a trilogy of albums called “Culture,” “Culture II” and “Culture III,” the first two of which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Story continues below advertisement Takeoff and Quavo released the joint album “Only Built for Infinity Links” a few weeks before his death.
