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One month after the deadly capturing of Takeoff, Houston authorities arrested and charged a person with homicide in reference to the rapper’s killing, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner introduced at a information convention Friday.
Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was arrested on the east aspect of Houston, Thursday night. Another man, Cameron Joshua, 22, was arrested final month and charged with the illegal carrying of a weapon, the chief mentioned. When requested how the latter was related to the case, Finner mentioned Joshua was at the scene and was “in possession of a weapon (and) he’s a felon.”
CNN is searching for whether or not the two suspects have illustration.
Takeoff, who was a member of the platinum-selling rap group Migos, was shot and killed exterior a enterprise on November 1 after a personal occasion. He was 28. His uncle Quavo and cousin Offset have been the different two members of the trio.
“We lost a good man,” Finner mentioned throughout the information convention. “I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting him but everybody, the hundreds of people that I’ve talked to, spoke on what a great individual he was.”
In a movement filed on Friday, prosecutors in Harris County requested a $1 million bond for Clark, arguing he must be thought-about a “flight risk.” Shortly after the killing, Clark allegedly utilized for an expedited passport, which he obtained instantly earlier than his arrest, based on the movement. When he was arrested, he had a “large amount of cash money,” the court docket doc added.
Prosecutors additionally made a number of different requests, together with that Clark give up “any and all passports, visas, or other travel documents,” be barred from leaving the rapid neighborhood of Harris County and be topic to a curfew.
Though the incident stays an energetic investigation, what authorities know is Takeoff was “an innocent bystander,” Sgt. Michael Burrow, with the Houston Police Department’s murder division, mentioned Friday.
“The event was a private party, there was a lucrative dice game that went on at the event, there was an argument that happened afterwards outside the bowling alley, which led to the shooting,” Burrow mentioned.
Takeoff was not concerned in the cube sport nor the argument and he was not armed, Burrow mentioned.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner mentioned Takeoff was a proficient entertainer, and far more.
“He was a son, a brother, cousin and a friend, and a mentor to those in the music industry,” the mayor mentioned, calling the arrest in his killing a “significant step toward seeking justice.”
“I want to express my regret and disappointment that this was a case of another young man taking the life of another young man for no reason,” he added. “The gun violence everywhere, not just in the city of Houston, has to stop.”
“Pulling a firearm can have deadly consequences that you cannot undo. So I’m glad an arrest has taken place, that we do have someone in custody. It is unfortunate, it really is unfortunate because it does not bring Takeoff back,” Turner mentioned.
Authorities are nonetheless working to seek out and discuss to witnesses and each Burrow and the police chief urged those that have been on scene and fled to contact authorities and share what they know.
“Any individual that’s killed in our city, it’s tough, and it’s tough on their family, tough on their friends. Everybody deserves an investigation,” Finner, the police chief mentioned. “But … we need people to step up too. Do your part as a citizen and if you see something, you need to say something. Don’t let the fear paralyze you. Step up and say something.”
There have been greater than 30 folks standing exterior when the capturing occurred, Burrow mentioned.
“Literally every single one of those people left the scene without giving a statement to police,” he mentioned. “We found a few of them that night, we’ve found others since then but it’s important that those people come forward.”
In the meantime, authorities have needed to depend on “a large volume of video surveillance,” cellular phone movies, audio, bodily and ballistic proof and capturing reconstruction efforts of their investigation.
“Through that, we were able to deduce that Patrick Clark is the lethal shooter in the case,” Burrow mentioned.