Suspect charged with murder in death of Migos rapper Takeoff - CNN

Sgt. Michael Burrow with the Houston Police Department said Takeoff was an “innocent bystander” of the statement that led to his shooting death.

“The lawsuit was a backstage party, determination was a lucrative dice crippled that went connected astatine the event, determination was an statement that happened afterwards extracurricular the bowling alley which led to the shooting,” Burrows stated.

Houston, Texas, Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a property league connected Friday, December 2. (Houston Police Department)

In the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Takeoff, Houston, Texas, Mayor Sylvester Turner said weapon unit everywhere, not conscionable successful his city, needs to stop.

"Gun unit everywhere, not conscionable successful the metropolis of Houston, has to stop," Turner said astatine a quality league Friday. This was a lawsuit of a "young antheral taking the beingness of different young antheral for nary reason," the politician added.

The politician said determination is simply a occupation with radical "reaching for a deadly firearm" to settee "minor disagreements." Police antecedently said Takeoff was changeable astatine a Houston concern astatine the opening of November pursuing an altercation.

Turner said helium is gladsome a fishy has been arrested and charged, adding that helium hopes it brings immoderate comfortableness the family, though it “does not bring Takeoff back.”

“Pulling a firearm tin person deadly consequences that you tin not undo,” helium said. He besides thanked radical who brought guardant tips and accusation successful the case.

Takeoff performs successful Atlanta, Georgia, successful 2021. (Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Images)

One antheral has been arrested and charged with execution successful transportation to the sidesplitting of rapper Takeoff, Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner announced astatine a quality league Friday.

Finner said Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was arrested connected the eastbound broadside of Houston, Texas, Thursday evening. Another man, Cameron Joshua, 22, was charged with the unlawful carrying of a weapon.

Takeoff was changeable and killed extracurricular a concern connected Nov. 1 aft a backstage party.

"We mislaid a bully man,” Finner said, adding that helium talked to Takeoff’s family, and thanked them for their patience arsenic the section worked done facts and the probe up of an arrest.

Takeoff performs successful Los, Angeles, California, successful 2018. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

The Houston Police Department volition clasp a news conference Friday astatine 3 p.m. ET. They are expected to springiness an update connected the sidesplitting of Migos rapper Takeoff.

Takeoff was changeable and killed extracurricular a Houston concern connected Nov. 1 aft a backstage party. Employees astatine the concern antecedently told constabulary determination was a combat that led to the shooting.

The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office has since ruled the decease arsenic a homicide, saying the rapper had respective gunshot wounds.

Police said they judge astatine slightest 40 radical were astir erstwhile the shooting happened and person been asking for witnesses to travel forward.

Flowers, balloons and candles are near adjacent the tract wherever Takeoff was changeable successful Houston, Texas. (Jennifer Lake/SIPA USA/AP)

Takeoff, a subordinate of the hip-hop trio Migos, was changeable to decease Nov. 1 during a quality extracurricular of a backstage party, Houston Police said.

At a quality league aft the shooting past month, Chief Troy Finner said Takeoff, 28, was recovered dormant astatine the country erstwhile officers arrived astatine 810 Billiards and Bowling downtown. Finner said “at slightest two” guns were fired successful the incident.

“There was an incidental that occurred aft the enactment had ended,” Sgt. Michael Arrington said. “There was a ample radical of radical who had gathered astatine the front-door area, conscionable extracurricular the building.”

Finner said they are inactive investigating to find however the statement got started, but they bash not presently deliberation that Takeoff was progressive successful the escalation.

“We person nary crushed to judge helium was progressive successful thing transgression astatine the time,” said Finner.

Two different radical astatine the country were changeable and went to hospitals successful backstage vehicles, Arrington said. Those victims, who were not named, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Since then, homicide has been listed arsenic the mode of decease for rapper Takeoff, according to the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office. “Penetrating gunshot wounds of caput and torso into the arm” has been listed astatine the origin of death, the bureau states.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said they person met with Takeoff’s mother.

Finner said they judge astatine slightest 40 radical were astatine the country astatine the clip of the shooting, and person been asking for much radical to travel guardant with information.

Byron Cage performs during Takeoff's Celebration of Life connected November 11, successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

Family and fans celebrated the beingness of rapper Takeoff astatine State Farm Arena successful Atlanta, Georgia, past period successful a three-hour, superstar affair.

The memorial service featured performances from Justin Bieber, Chloe Bailey and Yolanda Adams, arsenic good arsenic a poem by Drake, and words of remembrance from Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and the founders of Migos’ label, Quality Control Music.

Offset, who on with Takeoff’s uncle, Quavo, formed the trio known arsenic Migos, struggled to constitute himself remembering his bandmate, who helium grew up with and considered a brother.

Takeoff is regarded by galore arsenic the champion rhymesmith of the trio, and Jesse Curney III, pastor of the Lilburn religion Takeoff’s household attends, shared a communicative that Quavo erstwhile told him astir Takeoff’s sobriquet.

Where Quavo and Offset needed aggregate takes to get their verses onto tracks, retaking and retaking until they got it right, Takeoff – the youngest of the 3 – would locomotion up to the mic and laic down his lyrics successful 1 cleanable take. “He was an introvert,” the pastor said, “but helium trusted God” to not clasp back.

Quavo speaks astatine Takeoff's Celebration of Life. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

Takeoff’s household members took the podium to connection fond memories of the humble, wise, peaceful young antheral who ever wanted to beryllium a rapper but ne'er fretted implicit recognition oregon the spotlight. Even arsenic a baby, helium had a unsocial voice, his mother, Titania Davenport-Treet, said.

He was quiescent but ever paid attention, household members said, and helium ne'er bothered anyone. He was the funniest feline successful the room, and nary substance however celebrated helium got, helium ne'er stopped putting household archetypal and making definite their needs were met, they said.