HOUSTON A 19-year-old Houston man accused of killing an up-and-cominglocal rapper was arrested Tuesday in Corpus Christi, Texas, police announced Thursday.
Jordan Q. Wilson is charged with murder in the shooting death of 20-year-old Toyurean Young.
Young was shot on May 4, 2012, in the parking lot of a Houston McDonald s.
According to police, Wilson approached Young in the parking lot, and the men started fighting.
At some point during the fight, police said Wilson pulled a gun from his pocket and shot Young.
Young was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Court documents said Young was a member of the local rap group FDAB. Investigators said Wilson used to be a member of FDAB, but left to join another group, KREAM.
Friends of the victim told police that Wilson was jealous of Young s success on the rap scene and had been threatening him on Twitter in the weeks leading up to the murder.
An investigation by U.S. Marshals developed information that led to Wilson s whereabouts in the Corpus Christi area.
He was arrested following a traffic stop there and was being held in the Nueces County Jail Thursday, awaiting transfer to Houston.
