HOUSTON — The personal assistant for Atlanta rapper Quavo has filed a lawsuit against a Houston bowling alley after he was injured in the shooting that also killed rapper Takeoff.
The shooting happened in Nov. 2022 as Quavo and Takeoff attended a private party at 810 Billiards & Bowling. on Nov. 1. Houston police said the gunfire followed a disagreement over a “lucrative” game of dice, but that Takeoff was not involved and was “an innocent bystander.”
An autopsy revealed that Takeoff was shot in the head and back and the medical examiner declared his death a homicide. Police later arrested Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, who has been indicted on a murder charge.
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Attorneys for Quavo’s assistant Joshua Washington says their client was one of two others injured in the shooting. One of the bullets hit Washington in the right side and barely missed his colon, according to his attorneys.
Washington says the bowling alley and entertainment venue left him and the other victims to fend for themselves.
“The bullets started flying and no one came to help. There were no security guards trying to stop the shooting, no one to help those of us who were hurt, no one at all. They just left us there to die,” Washington stated.
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In Washington’s lawsuit, he claims that 810 Houston owners didn’t take basic security measures. In a lawsuit filed in June, Takeoff’s mother Titania Davenport also claimed the venue didn’t prove enough security for the event.
Davenport is seeking damages for her son’s wrongful death, pain and suffering, funeral expenses and mental anguish for the family. At this time, Davenport and her son’s estate are seeking $1 million in damages.
Washington is seeking between $250,000 and $1 million in damages.
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