FILE - Takeoff of the group Migos performs during the 2019 BET Experience in Los Angeles on June 22, 2019. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
HOUSTON — Migos rapper Takeoff is dead after a shooting early Tuesday outside a bowling alley in Houston, a representative confirmed.
Takeoff — who was part of Migos along with Quavo and Offset — was 28.
Police responded shortly after 2:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting at 810 Billiards & Bowling, where dozens of people had gathered on a balcony outside of the bowling alley, which is on the third floor, police said. Officers discovered one man dead when they arrived.
Security guards who were in the area heard the shooting but did not see who did it, a police spokesperson said.
Two other people were injured and taken to hospitals in private vehicles, police said.
FILE – Takeoff, left, and Quavo of Migos, arrive at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 27, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP File)
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say one person was fatally shot and two others injured early Tuesday at a private party attended by members of the rap group Migos.
Police would not identify the person killed, only describing him as a Black man in his late 20s. Houston Police Lt. Ronnie Willkens said the man appeared to have been shot in the head or neck.
Police responded shortly after 2:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting at 810 Billiards & Bowling, where dozens of people had gathered on a balcony outside of the bowling alley, which is on the third floor, police said. Officers discovered one man dead when they arrived.
Security guards who were in the area heard the shooting but did not see who did it, Willkens said.
Two other people were injured and taken to hospitals in private vehicles, police said.
Representatives for Migos, who are from the Atlanta area, did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
Weeks ago, Quavo and Takeoff released their debut “Only Built for Infinity Links,” without the third Migos member, Offset.
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