Takeoff, 1 of 3 members of the rap trio Migos, was tragically shot and killed during a shooting astatine a backstage lawsuit successful Houston, Tex. connected Nov. 1, 2022. In a property league held that afternoon, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed his precocious hopes that determination volition beryllium a affirmative extremity to the ongoing hunt for Takeoff’s murderer. “We volition lick this case. We volition find the shooter oregon shooters,” helium said.
Mayor Sylvester Turner joins Police Chief Troy Finner to little the media connected the fatal shooting of rap creator astatine 1199 San Jacinto Street connected Nov. 1 astir 2:30 a.m. https://t.co/eq9nDdp1Kw
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) November 1, 2022
He besides took a infinitesimal to nonstop his condolences to those affected by the abrupt nonaccomplishment of the “Versace” hitmaker, who was 28 erstwhile helium was murdered. “I bash privation to widen my condolences to the ma of Takeoff, to each the household members of Takeoff, to the families and friends,” helium said. “It doesn’t substance however celebrated you are. … Anybody who loses his oregon her beingness is simply a beingness mislaid and determination are household members and friends who are grieving arsenic a result.”
Sylvester spoke aft Houston Sgt. Michael Arrington pleaded with radical to nonstop implicit immoderate applicable tips. “We are looking for immoderate accusation astatine this time,” helium stated. “We cognize the media has received a batch of telephone calls, substance messages, tweets, vines, videos. We request each of y’all to nonstop those to america truthful we tin lick this case.”
Directly addressing the decease of the precocious Grammy-nominated rapper, Michael added, “We privation to find justness for this family. They’re going done a batch close present and the lone happening that we tin bash is anticipation that y’all scope retired and assistance america successful immoderate mode to pb to grounds that volition assistance america to apprehend and get charges and apprehension connected the idiosyncratic liable for the decease of Takeoff.”
Michael besides confirmed that Takeoff was pronounced dormant astatine the country astatine the venue astatine 1199 San Jacinto St. successful Houston aft constabulary responded to a telephone astatine astir 2:30 successful the morning. The shooting resulted from a “disagreement” betwixt “a ample radical of radical who gathered astatine the beforehand doorway country conscionable extracurricular of the building.”
A 23-year-old antheral and a 24-year-old pistillate were besides injured during the shooting and checked themselves into section hospitals with “non-life-threatening injuries.” Michael revealed the individuals person already been successful interaction with the constabulary to assistance with the probe and asked anyone who was determination during the shooting to interaction Houston’s Homicide Division.
Following the quality of Takeoff’s death, fans and chap celebrities took to societal media to explicit their condolences to Takeoff’s household and retrieve him arsenic the talented Atlanta-based rapper helium was. Gucci Mane, who was featured connected Migos’ 2018 Culture II album, posted a photo of Takeoff connected Instagram and wrote, “This broke my bosom … Rest In Peace.” Chloe Bailey, who volition play Ariel successful the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, shared her thoughts connected Twitter. “RIP Takeoff my bosom is broken,” the vocalist wrote with 3 broken-heart emojis. Actress Keke Palmer called the quality “horrible” successful an Instagram post. “From the calamity of the decease to the calamity of determination being a video of it online. It’s each conscionable tragic and I americium truthful atrocious to his full household and each helium touched. Really terrible,” she added.