The suspect charged in the death of rapper Takeoff has been released from jail after paying the $1 million bond - CNN

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The fishy charged with execution successful the death of Migos subordinate Takeoff posted the $1 cardinal enslaved acceptable for him and was released from jailhouse Tuesday, according to CNN affiliate KPRC.

In December, Harris County Judge Josh Hill kept Patrick Xavier Clark’s enslaved astatine $1 million, denying a reduction, reasoning that Clark whitethorn beryllium a formation risk.

“Neither Patrick nor his household posted the enslaved successful this case. A acrophobic national and household person who believes successful Patrick’s innocence posted the enslaved connected his behalf,” his lawyer Letitia Quinones said successful a statement.

Clark “intends to comply fully” with the presumption laid retired by the court, Quinones said, and “will look for proceedings whenever the tribunal requires him to bash so.”

“We judge Patrick is guiltless and astatine the due time, the grounds volition uncover that to beryllium the case,” Quinones said.

Clark, 33, was arrested aboriginal December connected the eastbound broadside of Houston, 1 period after Takeoff was changeable and killed outside a concern aft a backstage event.

Takeoff, who was a subordinate of the platinum-selling rap radical Migos, was 28. His uncle Quavo and relative Offset were the different 2 members of the trio.

Police judge Takeoff was an guiltless bystander to an statement that took spot extracurricular a bowling alley that led to the shooting. He was unarmed and not progressive successful the argument.

After Judge Hill denied Clark’s enslaved simplification petition successful December, Quinones argued that the $1 cardinal enslaved was unconstitutional owed to Clark and his family’s fiscal concern being “average.”

Prosecutors successful Harris County had argued Clark should beryllium considered a “flight risk.”

Shortly aft the killing, Clark allegedly applied for an expedited passport, which helium received instantly earlier his arrest, according to the question filed by prosecutors. When Clark was arrested, helium had a “large magnitude of currency money,” the tribunal papers added.

Prosecutors besides made respective different requests, including that Clark surrender “any and each passports, visas, oregon different question documents,” beryllium barred from leaving the contiguous vicinity of Harris County and beryllium taxable to a curfew.

Quinones said successful a quality league astatine the clip that her bureau was “surprised” by the decision.

“We complied with each request that the justice asked of us, lone to beryllium told contiguous that it [the bond] would not beryllium lowered. So yes, we are precise disappointed. We disagree. And frankly, we’re precise surprised,” Quinones said.

“The combat is not over. We bash judge without a shadiness of a uncertainty that erstwhile the clip comes, we volition beryllium capable to amusement Mr. Clark’s innocence successful this,” Quinones said.