A 33-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting death of Migos rapper Takeoff on Nov. 1 at a Houston bowling alley.
Patrick Xavier Clark, a.k.a. DJ Pat, was taken into custody Thursday in Houston and “charged with the murder of Takeoff,” Houston Police Chief Troy Finner announced during a press briefing Friday.
Takeoff, whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, was shot and killed outside the 810 Billiards & Bowling in downtown Houston, where he attended a private event with his uncle, Migos rapper Quavo Marshall.
A 24-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man, were also shot and wounded, police said.
Houston Police Sgt. Michael Burrow said there was a “lucrative dice game”, followed by an argument outside the bowling alley. Quavo (pictured left) participated in the dice game and reportedly got into an argument after losing between $7,000 and $17,000.
“I can tell you Takeoff was not involved in playing the dice game, he was not involved in the argument that happened outside, he was not armed,” Burrow said. “He was an innocent bystander.”
Cell phone videos showed Takeoff was shot from behind by a gunman who was standing behind Bushwick Bill’s son with the Chucky doll. A coroner said Takeoff was shot multiple times in the head, torso and arm.
Investigators determined that Clark was the alleged shooter of Takeoff through ballistics evidence and surveillance videos, Burrow said.
A second man was arrested recently and charged with illegal weapons possession unrelated to Takeoff’s murder.
Cameron Joshua, 22, dubbed “yellow hoodie” by Black Twitter, was doxxed online and incorrectly targeted as the gunman despite video evidence that showed he was in the bowling alley when Takeoff was shot.
Police said Joshua had a gun in his possession at the scene of the shooting, but he did not fire a shot.
“The bottom line is … Cameron Joshua did not shoot Takeoff,” his attorney, Christopher Downey, said.
Clark is being held in jail on $2 million bond.
