Takeoff murder suspect charged following fatal shooting of Migos rapper - ABC News

A fishy has been arrested and charged with execution successful the fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff, Houston constabulary said Friday.

Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was arrested Thursday evening successful Houston and "charged with the execution of Takeoff," Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said during a property briefing.

Takeoff, whose existent sanction is Kirshnik Khari Ball, was changeable and killed extracurricular the 810 Billiards & Bowling successful downtown Houston astir 2:30 a.m. connected Nov. 1 pursuing a backstage event, constabulary said. He was 28.

A 23-year-old antheral and a 24-year-old pistillate besides suffered non-life-threatening injuries successful the shooting, constabulary said.

Takeoff arrives astatine the ESPY Awards successful Los Angeles, July 10, 2019.

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Police said astatine the time that an statement betwixt immoderate of the enactment guests "led to aggregate chartless males firing pistols astatine each other."

There was a "lucrative dice game" during the event, followed by an statement extracurricular the venue, Houston Police Sgt. Michael Burrow said during the briefing.

"I tin archer you Takeoff was not progressive successful playing the dice game, helium was not progressive successful the statement that happened outside, helium was not armed," Burrow said. "He was an guiltless bystander."

Patrick Xavier Clark successful a constabulary booking photo.

Houston Police Department

Investigators were capable to find that Clark was the alleged shooter of Takeoff done shooting reconstruction and ballistics evidence, Burrow said. Police person besides obtained cellphone and surveillance footage that has "surfaced implicit time," helium said.

Police person urged the nationalist to travel guardant with tips successful the days and weeks since.

Around 30 radical were astatine the country went the shooting happened, and constabulary are inactive looking to talk with those who were there, Burrow said.

"Literally each 1 of those radical near the country without leaving a statement," Burrow said. "It's important that those radical travel forward."

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner besides called connected witnesses to travel forward.

"Everybody other has a work to lend to uncovering retired who did it," Turner said during the presser. "Everybody has to instrumentality connected responsibility."

Amid the probe into the shooting, a antheral was precocious charged with 2 counts of felon successful possession of a limb for allegedly having a weapon astatine the clip Takeoff was fatally shot, constabulary said. Prosecutors had said during a proceeding connected Wednesday that the 22-year-old fishy is not believed to person fired a limb during Takeoff’s shooting, The Associated Press reported.

A instrumentality enforcement serviceman walks extracurricular of 1201 San Jacinto successful Houston, pursuing a shooting connected Nov. 1, 2022.

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Takeoff was portion of the Grammy-nominated hip-hop trio Migos, which formed successful 2008 successful suburban Atlanta and gained mainstream designation and roseate to stardom successful 2013 with their opus "Versace." His uncle Quavo, who was contiguous erstwhile the shooting took spot but unharmed, and his relative Offset were besides portion of the trio.

Thousands of fans paid tribute to the slain rapper during a memorial astatine Atlanta's State Farm Arena past month.

"Everybody -- the hundreds of radical that I've talked to -- spoke connected what a large idiosyncratic helium was," Finner said Friday. "We person a peculiar narration with the metropolis of Atlanta. I privation to marque definite that stays intact."

ABC News' Deena Zaru contributed to this report.

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