Two men have been arrested on murder charges relating to the killing of Philant Johnson, the friend and assistant of rapper TI, who was shot dead as the rapper and his entourage sped away after an altercation outside a Cincinnati nightclub in May 2006.
According to local TV station WLWT Channel 5, police have arrested Pardon Thomas and Hosea Thomas in relation to the fatal shooting. Reports suggest the Thomas brothers had a run in with TI and his people after they were refused admission to the rapper's VIP area at the club. They allegedly confronted TI as he left the venue, and fired shots at his car as it sped away, fatally injuring Johnson.
Johnson was a childhood friend of TI, and had played a key role throughout his hip hop career, even helping him with creative and album concepts.