Overview
- Patrick Xavier Clark replaced his counsel with Houston attorney Kent Schaffer and added Dan Cogdell and Anthony Osso, according to new court filings.
- Carl Moore moved to withdraw from the case after the defense team change was formalized.
- The filings state the attorney swap is not intended to delay the case, with trial still scheduled for November 2026 in Houston.
- Prosecutors, as reported by local media, allege Clark searched how to obtain fake plane tickets to speed a passport and looked up whether he was a suspect.
- Clark is charged with firing shots outside a downtown Houston bowling alley on November 1, 2022, killing Migos rapper Takeoff, who was 28.