Man charged in fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff
Houston police announced on Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark has been charged with murder in connection with Takeoff’s death.
Police have charged a 33-year-old man following the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, who was killed last month outside a bowling alley in the US city of Houston, Texas.
Houston police announced on Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark has been charged with murder in connection with Takeoff’s death.
Born Kirsnick Khari Ball, Takeoff was the youngest member of Migos, the Grammy-nominated rap trio from suburban Atlanta that also featured his uncle Quavo and cousin Offset.
Police have said another man and a woman suffered non-life threatening gunshot injuries during the shooting, in which at least two people opened fired.
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said the day after the shooting that Takeoff was “well respected,” and there was “no reason to believe he was involved in anything criminal at the time.”
Migos’ record label, Quality Control, mourned Takeoff’s death in a statement posted on Instagram that attributed it to “senseless violence”.
Fans and other performers, including Drake and Justin Bieber, celebrated Takeoff’s musical legacy in a memorial service last month in Atlanta.
They put out a trilogy of albums called Culture, Culture II and Culture III, with the first two hitting number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Takeoff and Quavo released a joint album Only Built For Infinity Links just weeks before his death.
