Akili McDowell has been arrested. On Aug. 3, the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced on Fb that the 21-year-old Billions actor had been arrested on a homicide cost within the taking pictures dying of Cesar Peralta, 20.
On July 20, deputies responded to an incident that occurred within the parking zone of a Houston, Texas, condominium advanced. Peralta sustained gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased on the scene. On the time, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned that the suspect(s) fled the scene.
McDowell was arrested on Aug. 1 and booked into the Harris County Jail, ET confirms.
He’s going through each theft and homicide costs. McDowell is due in court docket Aug. 6 on the previous cost and Oct. 9 on the latter one. McDowell is being held on greater than $400,000 bond. The actor has but to talk out about his arrest or the costs he is going through.
The investigation is ongoing. Anybody with info can contact the Murder Unit at 713-274-9100.
McDowell’s huge break got here in 2019 when he landed the titular function on OWN’s David Makes Man. All through his profession, McDowell appeared on The Astronaut Wives Membership as Zavier Gibbs and Billions as Savion Williams.
His most up-to-date function was within the movie The Waterboyz. Starring La La Anthony and Rockmond Dunbar, the film was launched earlier this yr.
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