New Details in Takeoff Murder Case

Last week popular Houston strip club promoter Patrick Xavier Clark was arrested for the murder of Migos rapper Takeoff, born Kirsnick Khari Ball [click here if you missed that].

Now new details from the case have been released...

From Click 2 Houston

According to documents, Quavo was arguing with Michael Prince, Cameron Joshua, and Christopher Watkins, over a dice game. Apparently, Joshua and the other man won the money. Willie Bland, who is associated with the Migos’ camp, said as Quavo turned to walk away from the argument, he noticed that Joshua said something and began to pull out a gun, so he reached and punched him.

Bland told investigators that after he punched Joshua, Watkins began to run toward him. He said he thought the two men were about to rob Quavo, so he shoved Watkins and that’s when he heard gunfire erupt, according to documents.

Bland thought Joshua was shooting at him, so he pulled out a gun and fired three shots into his direction, docs show. Surveillance video captured Bland firing into the bowling alley, where Joshua was seen running inside. Investigators said none of Bland’s bullets hit Takeoff during the shooting.

According to documents, surveillance video shows Clark firing multiple rounds in Takeoff’s direction. Surveillance video also showed that Joshua did not fire any shots during the shooting but that he ran back inside the bowling alley.

Docs show that Clark was captured on surveillance video running from the scene of the crime and leaving in a gray Ford F-150 with Texas license plate, KSY 0326. After the shooting, Clark reportedly made a phone call to a professional boxer, Shakur Stevenson, who was at the scene at the time of the shooting. Surveillance video also shows Clark entering the bowling alley with Stevenson and leaving with him afterward, according to documents.

Investigators said a wine bottle that Clark left at the scene was used to pull his fingerprints.

Clark was arrested by HPD officers on Dec. 1 during a traffic stop where he was driving a Ford F-150, the same truck identified in surveillance video, according to documents. During his arrest, he was found to be in possession of a .45 caliber handgun in his waistband, which is not the same firearm connected to the fatal shooting of Takeoff.