HOUSTON (AP) — The person accused of fatally capturing Migos rapper Takeoff final 12 months exterior a Houston bowling alley has been indicted on a homicide cost, in accordance with court docket data.
Patrick Xavier Clark had been free on a $1 million bond when a grand jury in Houston indicted him on Thursday.
Letitia Quinones-Hollins, considered one of Clark’s attorneys, mentioned the indictment was not sudden.
“Once we get inside a courtroom and in entrance of a jury, the place we will placed on our proof and cross-examine the state’s witnesses … we count on the jury will come again with a verdict of not responsible,” Quinones-Hollins mentioned Thursday in a press release.
Takeoff was shot within the head and again as greater than 30 individuals have been leaving a non-public social gathering on the bowling alley round 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 1. Houston police have mentioned the gunfire adopted a disagreement over a “profitable” recreation of cube exterior the bowling alley, however that the 28-year-old rapper was not concerned and was “an harmless bystander.”
Clark, 33, who has labored as a DJ and evening membership promoter, was arrested on Dec. 1.
Authorities allege that surveillance video confirmed Clark was holding a wine bottle in a single hand when he fired his gun. Fingerprints discovered on the bottle have been later used to establish him. FBI sources had additionally pointed to Clark as being on the capturing, in accordance with police.
Prosecutors alleged Clark had tried to flee the nation earlier than his arrest, wanting on-line for details about utilizing pretend airplane tickets to acquire an expedited passport.
Quinones-Hollins denied Clark was making an attempt to depart the nation after the capturing.
Born Kirsnick Khari Ball, Takeoff was the youngest member of Migos, the Grammy-nominated rap trio from suburban Atlanta that additionally featured his uncle Quavo and cousin Offset.
Clark’s subsequent court docket listening to is ready for Aug. 23.
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