Suspect in homicide of Migos rapper Takeoff arrested in Houston By Reuters

By Dan Whitcomb

(Reuters) – A suspect has been arrested and charged within the taking pictures dying of rapper Takeoff final month, Houston police and metropolis officers stated on Friday, in what the mayor referred to as the newest tragic instance of “a younger man taking the lifetime of one other younger man.”

Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was taken into custody on Thursday night and charged with homicide, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner informed a information convention alongside Mayor Sylvester Turner.

“I wish to categorical my remorse and disappointment that this was one other case of a younger man taking the lifetime of one other younger man,” Turner stated

The 28-year-old rapper, born Kirsnick Khari Ball (NYSE:), was shot lifeless after a celebration at a Houston bowling alley on Nov. 1. Two different individuals have been wounded within the taking pictures, which police stated erupted throughout an argument over a “profitable” cube recreation.

“I can inform you that Takeoff was not concerned within the taking part in of the cube recreation, he was not concerned within the argument that occurred exterior, he was not armed. He was an harmless bystander,” Houston Police Sergeant Michael Burrow informed the information convention.”

Burrow stated the investigation was slowed as a result of not one of the greater than 30 individuals on the celebration spoke to police on the scene.

“It is essential that these individuals come ahead,” Burrow stated. “We’re nonetheless seeking to discuss to a variety of these individuals.” He stated that the case was largely solved by way of video and audio proof culled from surveillance cameras and cell telephones.

Ball was a key member of the Atlanta-based hip hop trio Migos whose hits embody “Dangerous and Boujee” that includes rapper Lil Uzi Vert, “MotorSport” and “Stroll It Discuss It.”

His killing touched off an outpouring of grief from the Atlanta hip hop neighborhood and followers worldwide.

Ball is the newest rapper to be slain by gunfire lately, following Nipsey Hussle, Pop Smoke and King Von.