Correction: Houston-Shooting-Migos story - The Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — A 33-year-old antheral was arrested connected a execution complaint successful the shooting of rapper Takeoff, who constabulary connected Friday said was an “innocent bystander” erstwhile helium was struck by gunfire extracurricular a Houston bowling alley.

Patrick Xavier Clark was taken into custody peacefully Thursday night, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. Clark’s apprehension came 1 time aft different antheral was charged successful transportation with the Nov. 1 shooting, which authorities said followed a quality implicit a dice crippled and wounded 2 different people.

Clark was being held successful jailhouse Friday awaiting a enslaved hearing. Court records bash not database an lawyer who could talk for him, but bespeak helium was arrested arsenic helium was preparing to permission the state for Mexico.

Born Kirsnick Khari Ball, Takeoff was the youngest subordinate of Migos, the Grammy-nominated rap trio from suburban Atlanta that besides featured his uncle Quavo and relative Offset.

The 28-year-old instrumentalist was changeable extracurricular the downtown bowling alley astatine astir 2:30 a.m., erstwhile constabulary said a quality erupted arsenic much than 30 radical were leaving a backstage enactment there. Police antecedently said different antheral and a pistillate suffered non-life-threatening gunshot injuries, and that astatine slightest 2 radical opened fired.

Police Sgt. Michael Burrow said during a Friday quality league that the gunfire followed a disagreement implicit a “lucrative” crippled of dice, but that Takeoff was not progressive and was “an guiltless bystander.” Finner said constabulary bash not cognize whether Clark was invited to the enactment oregon if helium knew Takeoff.

Every idiosyncratic connected the country near without talking to police, Burrow said. Some of those radical person since been located by the authorities, who person besides worked to portion unneurotic events with ballistics, video and audio recordings, according to Burrow. He said investigators are inactive trying to way down witnesses.

“We volition beryllium looking to find you,” helium said. “It volition beryllium easier if you travel find us.”

On Wednesday, authorities announced the apprehension of Cameron Joshua successful transportation to the shooting. Joshua was charged with illegally having a weapon astatine the clip Takeoff was shot, but prosecutors said the 22-year-old is not believed to person fired the weapon. Christopher Downey, Joshua’s attorney, told reporters that helium has not seen thing to suggest that his lawsuit was progressive successful Takeoff’s killing.

Burrow said that investigators judge it was Clark’s gunfire that killed the rapper.

Prosecutors connected Friday asked a tribunal to acceptable Clark’s enslaved astatine $1 million, arguing helium is simply a formation risk. After Takeoff’s shooting, Clark applied for an expedited passport by submitting the itinerary for an “imminent” formation to Mexico, according to tribunal records. They accidental helium was arrested the time helium received the passport and was successful possession of a “large amount” of cash.

Fans and different performers, including Drake and Justin Bieber, celebrated Takeoff’s philharmonic bequest successful a memorial service past period successful Atlanta.

Migos’ grounds label, Quality Control, mourned Takeoff’s decease successful a connection posted connected Instagram that attributed it to “senseless violence.”

Migos archetypal broke done with the monolithic deed “Versace” successful 2013. They had 4 Top 10 hits connected the Billboard Hot 100, though Takeoff was not connected their multi-week No. 1 deed “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. They enactment retired a trilogy of albums called “Culture,” “Culture II” and “Culture III,” with the archetypal 2 hitting No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 medium chart.

In the weeks earlier his decease Takeoff, who released the solo medium “The Last Rocket” successful 2018, and Quavo enactment retired “Only Built for Infinity Links.” Takeoff hoped the associated medium with Quavo would physique respect for his lyrical abilities, telling the “Drink Champs” podcast, “It’s clip to springiness maine my flowers.”

As Clark’s apprehension was announced Friday, Takeoff’s dependable could again beryllium heard, featured connected “Feel The Fiyaaaah” alongside A$AP Rocky connected Metro Boomin’s medium released that day, “Heroes and Villains.”

He sang, “It’s quiescent close present successful the streets.”

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This communicative was archetypal published connected December 2, 2022. It was updated connected December 3, 2022 due to the fact that The Associated Press erroneously reported Takeoff ne'er released a solo record. He released the solo medium “The Last Rocket” successful 2018.