R.I.P.: Migos Rapper Takeoff Shot & Killed In Houston During Private Party At A Bowling Alley

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In extremely sad and unfortunate news, rapper Takeoff, 1/3 of Hip Hop group Migos, was shot and killed in Houston early this morning. The shocking details inside…

As if the Hip Hop world hasn’t suffered enough processing rappers being killed, another rapper was senselessly taken away.

Early this morning, rapper Takeoff, 1/3 of rap group Migos, was shot and killed in downtown Houston while attending a private part at a bowling alley.

According to reports, Houston Police Department and emergency officials with the Houston Fire Department responded to reports of a shooting at 810 Billiards & Bowling, located at 1201 San Jacinto, around 2:40 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head or neck. The man has been identified as rapper Takeoff, real name Kirshnik Khari Ball. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Two others were also injured. The additional victims were taken to nearby hospitals in private vehicles in unknown condition, HPD said.

Sources told TMZ that Takeoff and Quavo were there playing dice when an altercation broke out. That’s when shots rang out and Takeoff was hit. There’s an alleged witness account of what went down circulating on social media. According to the alleged eye witness, Quavo got upset when he started to lose money. The source said Quavo “tried getting aggressive with the wrong mob ties n*gga (not gone drop names) and dude got on his a**.”

The source contained, “Then somebody they was with jumped up and that’s when everybody bunched up then shots just start ringing, but they were coming from somebody Migos was with. But he was shooting wild and hit Takeoff on accident and the other niggas start shooting back and I think he got hit again but ultimately his own niggas killed him cause when he got hit the first time I seen his body just drop.”

Read the full account below:

Quavo was not injured. Takeoff was the youngest rapper in the group. Quavo was his uncle and Offset his cousin.

There’s footage of the aftermath circulating online, but we will NOT be sharing out of respect for Takeoff and his family.

TMZ reports:

TMZ Hip Hop has obtained footage from the scene, and you can see Quavo — in an orange shirt — and others gathered around Takeoff. At first they tried to move him, but then put him back down, and Quavo yelled for someone to get help. Police tell us 2 other people were shot and were taken to the hospital in private vehicles. We do no know their conditions. Quavo was not injured.

Just a couple of hours before the shooting, Takeoff posted a pic of himself lighting up at the bowling alley. Quavo had posted video several hours earlier as he drove around Houston with Jas Prince, who was celebrating his birthday. We’re told Jas was not with Quavo and Takeoff when the shooting happened.

Investigators are looking at nearby surveillance video and are working to determine what led up to the shooting.

Hours before the shooting, Takeoff posted a picture of himself on his IG Stories:

A few weeks ago, Takeoff and Quavo (who recently launched their duo group Unc & Phew) chopped it up on the Drink Champs podcast and Takeoff talked about wanting his flowers while he was alive and not when he’s dead. Peep the clips below:

 

So tragic.

Unc and Phew just released their debut album, Only Built for Infinity Links, on October 7th.

Hip Hop is shocked to find out another rapper has been gunned down. Peep a few reactions below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s all just so unnecessary and uncalled for. People are killing people for absolutely NO reason and it needs to STOP.

We send our condolences to Takeoff’s family, friends and fans during this unbelievably horrific time.

Photo: hurricanehank/Shutterstock

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