A man was arrested a month after the murder of rapper Takeoff at a private party outside a Houston bowling alley, authorities said Friday.
Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was taken into custody by police Thursday night and charged with murder, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said at a news conference. Investigators said the shooting was due to a game of craps that did not involve the member of the rap group Migos, Fox Houston reported.
Another man and a woman suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds during the shooting at a downtown Houston bowling alley, in which at least two people opened fire.
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Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was arrested in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, who was killed outside a bowling alley in Houston last month.
(Houston Police Department via AP)
“There was a lucrative game of craps that took place at the event. There was an argument that happened outside the bowling alley afterwards, which led to the shooting,” said HPD Homicide Division Sgt. Michael Burrow. “I can tell you that Takeoff was not involved in the dice game, he was not involved in the discussion that happened outside. He was not armed.”
The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kirsnick Ball, died of gunshot wounds to the head and torso from the Nov. 1 shooting. His manner of death was ruled a homicide.
Ball was part of the Atlanta-based rap group Migos with his uncle Quavo and cousin Offset.
On Wednesday, authorities announced the arrest of Cameron Joshua in connection with the shooting. Joshua was charged with illegally possessing a gun at the time he shot himself at Takeoff, but prosecutors said the 22-year-old is not believed to have fired the gun.
Christopher Downey, Joshua’s attorney, told reporters he has seen nothing to suggest his client was involved in Takeoff’s murder.
A sign announces the memorial service for slain rapper Takeoff at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Friday, November 11, 2022. He was a member of the hip-hop trio Migos.
(AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala))
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Burrow said Friday that investigators believe it was Clark’s shots that killed the rapper. After the murder, Migos’ record label, Quality Control, mourned Takeoff’s death in a statement. posted on instagram that he attributed it to “senseless violence and a stray bullet”.
