MUS-2026-0396
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MUS-2026-0396
Homicide
- Incident
- 1998
- Indexed
- Oct 22, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- See coverage below
- Location
- Houston TX
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Patrick "Fat Pat" Hawkins, 27, a member of Houston's Screwed Up Click, was shot outside a promoter's apartment on February 3, 1998, where he had gone to collect an appearance fee. No one was ever charged. He has a Wikipedia page and is regularly cited in retrospectives on unsolved hip-hop killings.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1998
Fat Pat, 27, is shot outside a promoter's apartment in Houston on February 3, where he had gone to collect an appearance fee.
- 2026
No one has ever been charged. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
27, born Patrick Hawkins, Houston rapper and Screwed Up Click member. Shot outside a promoter's apartment in Houston on February 3, 1998.
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Investigating agency
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Coverage
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