Houston police charge Patrick Xavier Clark with the murder of Migos rapper Takeoff at 810 Billiard and Bowling - KTRK-TV

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston constabulary announced connected Friday that a antheral has been arrested and charged successful the decease of Migos rapper Takeoff past period successful downtown Houston.

Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, is charged with the execution of Kirshnik Khari Ball, who was different known arsenic Takeoff.

This is simply a breaking update. A erstwhile mentation of this study tin beryllium work below.

A period aft Migos rapper Takeoff was murdered astatine a bowling alley successful downtown Houston, we've been perpetually searching for an reply from the Houston Police Department arsenic to who should beryllium held responsible. On Friday, officers announced they volition clasp a briefing to sermon an update successful Takeoff's deadly shooting.

The briefing is expected to instrumentality spot astatine 2 p.m. from the departments headquarter connected Travis Street.

The astir caller update successful the execution is from Wednesday, aft 22-year-old Cameron Joshua was charged with 2 counts of felon successful possession of a limb stemming from the nighttime of Takeoff's death. Still, nary 1 has been charged with the rapper's murder.

Joshua appeared successful tribunal connected Wednesday morning. It was revealed during the quality that surveillance video and an anonymous witnesser who told constabulary that Joshua had a firearm led constabulary to necktie the antheral to the Takeoff shooting scene.

"We judge Cameron Joshua has been appropriately charged successful this case," Prosecutor Matt Gilliam said. "We're continuing our probe into the decease of Takeoff."

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Joshua's lawyer Christopher Downey said helium believes if the territory lawyer thought Joshua was progressive with the shooting, his charges would person been different.

"I haven't seen thing to suggest Cameron Joshua had thing to bash with the shooting -- that helium discharged a firearm, that caused his death, oregon was adjacent progressive successful it," his lawyer said.

Downey explained that since Joshua was already retired connected enslaved for possessing a fake ID, his enslaved proceeding has been rescheduled to adjacent week. A justice volition find if enslaved should beryllium revoked altogether.

Records amusement the antheral has respective anterior charges successful Harris County, including burglary of centrifugal conveyance and tampering with a authorities record.

He besides has out-of-state fugitive charges, records show.

At astir 2:30 a.m. connected Nov. 1, constabulary received a telephone astir a shooting astatine 810 Billiard and Bowling alley astatine 1210 San Jacinto Street successful downtown Houston.

On the scene, constabulary officers recovered a antheral changeable and killed connected the 3rd floor, conscionable extracurricular the beforehand doorway of the alley. The antheral was identified arsenic Kirshnick Khari Ball, amended known arsenic Takeoff, constabulary said.

Takeoff was portion of Migos, on with Quavo and Offset.

Employees astatine the country told HPD officers that a ample radical of radical gathered successful the beforehand doorway country aft a enactment had ended. That gathering led to immoderate benignant of argument, which ended successful the deadly shooting.

Security guards who were successful the country heard the shooting but did not spot who did it, a constabulary spokesperson said. Two different people, a 23-year-old man, and a 24-year-old pistillate were besides changeable and took themselves to the hospital.

Takeoff was the youngest subordinate of Migos, the rap trio from suburban Atlanta that besides featured his uncle Quavo and relative Offset. They archetypal broke done with the monolithic deed "Versace" successful 2013. The opus was remixed by Drake, heightening its popularity.

The radical 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 albums hitting No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 medium chart. They besides earned an ASCAP Vanguard Award successful 2018, for their streaming occurrence with multiplatinum songs similar "Motorsport (featuring Cardi B and Nicki Minaj)," "Stir Fry," and "Walk It Talk It."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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