Migos rapper, Takeoff, dead at 28, shot in Houston, per report

Migos rapper, Takeoff, dead at 28, shot in Houston, per report

Takeoff, one-third of Migos, died in an early morning shooting in Houston, TMZ is reporting.

According to the report, law enforcement got a call at 2:30 a.m. from a bowling alley where Takeoff and Quavo were playing dice when an altercation broke out and that’s when someone opened fire. Takeoff was pronounced dead on the scene.

TMZ reports two additional people were shot and were taken to the hospital in private vehicles.

Takeoff, whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, was the youngest member of Migos.

Takeoff was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, in 1994. He began rapping with Quavo and Offset, his uncle and cousin, respectively, in 2008 under the collective name Polo Club. In 2011, the trio released Juug Season, their debut mixtape as Migos.

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.