LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 25-year-old son of Grammy-winning R & B singer Chaka Khan has been arrested for murder after shooting another man while they fought over a gun, Los Angeles police said on Monday.
Damien Patrick Holland was taken into custody after the shooting, which took place shortly before midnight on Friday at an apartment in south Los Angeles, Sgt. Catherine Plows said.

"During a fight involving the victim and the suspect, a struggle for control of a gun resulted in it discharging," Plows said in a written statement. "The bullet struck the victim, who was transported to a local hospital where he died as a result of his injury."

Police said the victim was 17 but did not identify him and declined to comment further on the case pending an investigation.

The television program "Celebrity Justice," which provided first word of the arrest, said the shooting took place at the apartment complex where Holland lived and that the weapon was a high-powered rifle apparently found on the roof of a nearby building. It added that bail was set for $1 million and that Holland's father was long divorced from Khan.

Khan, born Yvette Marie Stevens, is best known for her hits "I Feel for You" and "I'm Every Woman."

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On a side note, Guess who owns "Celebrity Justice"?

http://celebrityjustice.w...9/27b.html

I've met Damien backstage in a Chaka Khan concert in Kansas City back in 2002 and thought it was very brief, I will say this, he didnt strike me as the kind of guy who had the potential to do something like that at all. Let alone on purpose. I'm praying for Chaka & her family,,,,stay strong sister.

Oh my goodness. Chaka must be horrified.

Why is the bail set so high?

Why has he been arrested for murder when the incident doesn't sound like it was pre-meditated at all?

Poor Chaka. I hope her friends rally around for her.

I wonder if the bail was set so high because its Chaka's son.

This is sad news for Chaka and her family. I hope they come together and support each other during this terrible time. Her son will need all the love and support he can get.

Rhondab said:

You know it is!

Oh my God!

horrible news.....hope chaka is strong enough to see her son through this..its obvious this was an accident...i wonder if this was nancy sinatra's son if he would be arrested so quickly?

hmmm....