Takeoff Murder Suspect Bond Set At $2 Million

A murder suspect in Migos rapper Takeoff's fatal shooting has been arrested and charged with murder. He was ordered held on a $2 million bond during his first court appearance Friday night (Dec. 2). Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was arrested Thursday evening in Houston and "charged with the murder of Takeoff," Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said during a press briefing, per ABC.

Takeoff, born Kirshnik Khari Ball, was shot and killed in Houston on Nov. 1. He was 28.

ABC reports that during Clark's late Friday night court appearance, "prosecutors argued that Clark posed a high flight risk because he had purchased tickets to Mexico two days before his arrest and applied for an expedited passport." The judge determined that to be true and if he was able to post bond he would be held under a 24-hour house arrest, the judge said. The defense argued that Clark, who is currently enrolled in college, posed a low risk to the community and said this was his first criminal arrest.

A 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman also suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting, police said. The 23-year-old man was later identified as Quavo's assistant Joshua 'Wash' Washington, per TMZ. Quavo was also in attendance at the private event but was left unharmed.

At the time of Takeoff's death, Houston police said at the time that an argument between attendees "led to multiple unknown males firing pistols at each other."

"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."

Clark's arrest follows rapper Lil Cam 5th (born Joshua Cameron) who was reportedly arrested for a felony charge of unlawfuly carrying of a weapon the night of Takeoff's murder. There is heavy speculation that this arrest is connected to Takeoff’s investigation. However, the connection has not been officially drawn.

Earlier this morning, we reported on the tragic and senseless death of rapper Takeoff from Migos. Takeoff, whose real name was Kirshnik Khari Ball, was killed in an early morning shooting in Houston.

Gossip site TMZ reported on the story. They noted that law enforcement sources, and multiple witnesses, said that the fatal incident occurred shortly after 2:30 AM when police got the call for a man shot at a bowling alley called 810 Billiards & Bowling Houston. According to their reports, Takeoff and Migos' Quavo were there playing dice when an altercation broke out and that's when someone opened fire, shooting Takeoff. They reported that he was shot "either in the head or near to his head." They said that he was pronounced dead on the scene. Takeoff was 28 years old.

TMZ also posted photos that were slightly blurred but which showed Takeoff lying on the ground.  Many were upset that TMZ and others shared horrifying footage. The writer Kimberly St. Julian-Vernon tweeted, "I think it’s disgusting that TMZ monetizes the deaths of Black men: Kobe’s accident, now Takeoff’s murder." Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill said, "No human being or their family deserves to have published the kind of crime scene photos I glimpsed. A disgrace TMZ." Writer Rotimi Adeoye expressed, "I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. TMZ is disgusting. Posting death photos is beyond cruel. They did the same exact thing when Kobe died."

Rapper Cadence Weapon tweeted, "TMZ posted Takeoff’s dead body when reporting his murder. Would they do the same for a white country artist? Or would they be more respectful? Where does the impulse to film and post a lifeless dead Black body come from? Maybe this is why Black death has become so normalized." A twitter account called NBA Slime said, "TMZ y’all gotta stop showing “EXCLUSIVE” footage of people’s last moments Please man! Getting the scoop is enough, you guys don’t need to show that stuff anymore! It’s getting sick! You know what you’re doing and you know it’s wrong! Stop doing it!!!" See more reactions below.