*The father of slain rapper Takeoff has reportedly joined the one million civil lawsuit against the Houston bowling alley where the artist was fatally shot in 2022.
Attorney Brant J. Stogner explained to AllHipHop that Takeoff’s father, Kenneth Ball, “has suffered substantial pecuniary loss both in the past and in the future.”
Stogner added, “Indeed, [Ball] has suffered past and future pecuniary loss, including funeral and burial expenses, psychological and psychiatric expenses, loss of advice, loss of counsel, loss of services, loss of care, loss of maintenance, and loss of support.”
We reported previously that Takeoff’s mother, Titania Davenport, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of 810 Billiards & Bowling, the venue where her son was killed last year. She is seeking $1 million in damages, according to Complex.
We reported previously via CNN that Takeoff (born Kirshnick Ball) was an innocent bystander to an argument that took place outside the bowling alley in November 2022 that led to the shooting, according to police. He was unarmed and not involved in the heated debate. Takeoff was shot in the head and the torso, according to the coroner’s report.
Rolling Stone reports that Davenport accuses 810 Billiards & Bowling of failing to provide proper security on the day Takeoff was killed.
The lawsuit claims the venue didn’t utilize “screening mechanisms, [or] after-hour controls or security measures.”
“In fact, social media posting in advance of the party made it clear that not only basic security measures needed to be followed, but advance planning and consideration should have been taken into account, which defendants were negligent in failing to do,” the suit alleges.
Davenport is suring for “compensatory, special, economic, consequential, general, punitive, and all other damages permissible under Texas law.”
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