Welcome to the 411.
We begin with breaking news this afternoon.
Grammy nominated rapper takeoff
of rap group The Migos shot and
killed in downtown Houston.
Early this morning,
Houston police just gave
an update on the shooting.
Here's Jason Miles with
the very latest. Jason.
Hey there guys. Yeah, I'm in
the lobby of HPD headquarters.
The press conference just wrapped
up up on the 22nd floor and I
should mention Chief Troy Fenner
from his office in this building.
He can literally take a look
down the street and see where
all of this happened overnight.
He said he talked to takeoffs mother
this afternoon over in Georgia and
that the department stands with the
family amid this investigation.
Let's take a look at scene video
from overnight.
Again, this is in the Green Street
entertainment complex on San Jacinto St.
It basically spans a couple of blocks.
This incident happening outside
of a billiards and bowling alley,
a billiards
hall and bowling alley I should say,
where HPD says a private party
was taking place, take off the
rapper among those in attendance,
about 40 people in all there.
At some point an argument
ensued outside of the venue.
Shots were fired, HPD believes,
by at least two people not take off himself.
In fact, Chief Venner believes he
was not involved in whatever beef
led to the gunfire being exchanged.
That takeoff was shot and
killed there on the scene.
Two others were shot and transported to
the hospital and non critical condition.
The chief urging the community to come
forward because he's confident someone
knows who's behind this. Take a listen.
I asked you one thing,
and I want this to resonate with everybody.
What if it was your brother?
What if it was your son?
You would want somebody to step up.
So please step up,
get the information to us so
we can bring some closure.
To this family who's hurting?
And investigators scouring
social media videos looking at
other information that's being
shared with the media and others.
They're also combing over extensive
surveillance camera footage
from the Green Street complex,
hoping to identify suspects.
And they hope to share that
information as soon as they have
some more leads in that regard.
Meantime, again,
they're urging people in the
community who certainly know what
happened last night at Green Street
to come forward and we'll have a.
Of course.
Another update from here coming
up at 5:00 o'clock for now,
reporting live from HPD headquarters.
Jason Miles, KHOU 11 news.
Alright,
let's hope somebody comes forward.
Thanks Jason.
Now we want to take a look at the
impact takeoff had on hip hop.
Adam Bennett is live downtown outside
the venue where the rapper was killed.
Adam fans have been coming
by to pay their respects.
All afternoon long,
fans have been leaving mementos here
outside the Green Street complex.
I've been leaving flowers,
candles, teddy bears,
all to honor a man who they say had
an incredible impact on hip hop music,
as well as here in the Houston community.
Earlier today I talked with Jay Mac.
He's a host at 97.9 the box.
He told me that after news broke
this morning of takeoffs death,
he and his coworkers opened
the airwaves to listeners.
People call in, share their stories,
share the impact that takeoff had on them,
he said.
People expressed condolences to the rappers.
Family.
They also called for an end to the violence,
both in the hip hop community
and in Houston at large.
Jmac told me he remembers takeoff as funny,
but also laid back from both interviews
he would do with the radio station,
as well as hanging backstage at shows.
He was the most lyrical of
the group to me and you know,
he was the most quiet, the cool person,
the laid back person. Take off.
He was never into any mess.
He was the person that you would
thought this would never happen
to because he never was in beef.
He never had a problem with anybody.
He was so cool and I knew
him so he was very cool.
And Jay Mac says take off also loved Houston.
They said he would often go
to the bowling alley here.
Also, a number of other spots around town.
One fan shared a photo he
took with the rapper in June.
Back at a bar on Washington Ave today,
Mayor Sylvester Turner called
for an end to the violence.
He says in a few seconds,
someone's life can be gone,
have an incredible impact
on family and friends,
and, as we've seen here,
on people who didn't know the rapper
but felt an impact from his music.
Send it back to you.
What a tragedy. Adam Bennett,
thank you so much, and we'll have
more coverage on this breaking
story in our later newscasts,
but you can head to khou.com at anytime
to get the most up-to-date information.