Two Cincinnati brothers have been arrested and indicted for the 2006 murder of T.I.'s close friend and personal assistant, Philant Johnson.

According to Cincinnati's The Enquirer, new details have emerged explaining how after Hosea and Padron Thomas had issues with the Atlanta rapper and his entourage at a late night party and performance on May 2, 2006, their anger eventually turned into an altercation and violence.

Charged with murder and felonious assault of Tip's assistant Philant Johnson, the brothers were also accused of wounding three others that night. Described as a shoot-out by Cincinnati Homicide Detective Tim Gormly, he claims the incident began with the brothers not being allowed to meet T.I.

"T.I. and his group were in the VIP area," he said. "The suspects wanted to get in the VIP area and weren't allowed to."

After being turned down from entering, Gormly says one of the brothers was struck in the head with a bottle and the two were later taunted as the rapper's entourage threw money from the stage.

"It was just a total accumulation of everything that happened that night," he said.

After leaving the club, the entourage left in two vans that were followed by the Thomas brothers in SUVs. Shortly afterwards, gunfire from both vehicles was exchanged that killed Johnson and injured T.I. due to shattered glass.

Both brothers have criminal backgrounds including rape, robbery, drug possession and trafficking convictions. Charged with murder and seven counts of felonious assault for each member inside T.I.'s vehicles, the two men are also being hit with weapons charges and tampering with evidence.

Explaining why the case took over two years to complete, Gormly claims he "had trouble identifying the suspected due to [the shooting] happening in a moving car and there weren't a whole lot of witnesses that saw the actual shooting."

More than just an assistant, T.I. paid homage to his friend shortly after the incident when he dedicated his '06 video "Living in the Sky" to Johnson.