Local San Francisco rapper arrested on suspicion of Las Vegas double murder

Bay City News Service

March 3, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - A local rapper was arrested tonight by San Francisco police and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on suspicion of committing two murders in Las Vegas last year, according to the FBI.

Andre Dow, 35, also known as rapper "Mac Minister'' was taken into custody at a residence at 49 Townsend St. on a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, FBI officials said.

Dow will be charged with the murders of Kansas City rapper Anthony "Fat Tone'' Watkins, 24, and Jermaine "Cowboy'' Atkins, 21, according to the FBI.

FBI officials say Atkins and Watkins were killed in Las Vegas on May 23, 2005. Dow was featured on America's Most Wanted on Feb. 6.

San Francisco police Sgt. Neville Gittens said it was about 6:30 p.m. when a Police Department tactical unit and FBI agents launched the operation on Townsend Street.

"It's part of an apartment complex,'' Gittens said of the home. "I don't know if (Dow) lives there, but that's where he was.''

He estimated that Dow was taken into custody at about 7:30 p.m.

FBI officials said the operation went smoothly except for a brief "verbal standoff'' with a female occupant of the home.

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