Man charged with murder of rapper Takeoff released on $1 million US bond | 24CA News
The man charged with homicide within the deadly capturing of Migos rapper Takeoff in Houston has been launched on US $1 million bond.
Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was launched from the Harris County jail Tuesday, in line with court docket data.
Clark was arrested Dec. 1 on a homicide cost. His lawyer, Letitia Quinones, has stated Clark has a “valid and meritorious claim for self-defence.”
Takeoff, 28, was shot within the head and again on Nov. 1 as greater than 30 folks had been leaving a personal celebration at a bowling centre.
Houston police have stated the gunfire adopted a disagreement over a “lucrative” recreation of cube, however that Takeoff was not concerned and was “an innocent bystander.”
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, below circumstances of his launch, is below home arrest, should put on a GPS monitoring gadget and keep away from contact with anybody concerned within the capturing investigation.
Clark is scheduled to look in court docket once more March 9.
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