Derrick Lamont Owens

Derrick Lamont Owens was a 30-year-old Bronx resident and a former New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) worker whose family remembered him as kind-hearted. While public records about his early life and private interests are limited, available reports identify him as someone connected to his community and family — including a twin brother who survived the same attack that took Derrick's life on March 15, 2022.

Derrick’s work with NYCHA places him among the many New Yorkers who served the city's public housing communities, a role that often involved day-to-day care for residents and property. That professional connection, together with family recollections reported in local accounts, suggests a person who moved through life with concern for others and a sense of responsibility toward his neighborhood.

On the evening of March 15, 2022, Derrick was shot outside 281 E. 161st Street in the Bronx. He was transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, where he was pronounced deceased. His twin brother, who was also shot, survived and was treated for non-fatal injuries. Media coverage of the event focused on the suddenness of the loss and the shock felt by family and neighbors; subsequent police action led to an arrest connected to the shooting, and reporting noted that investigations and legal processes were ongoing at the time.

Public reporting about Derrick centers on the facts surrounding his death and brief statements from family describing him as kind and remembered with love. There is no publicly available, family-published obituary located that matches the name Derrick Lamont Owens and the death date of March 15, 2022; therefore a full funeral notice from a funeral home or a family-authored memorial could not be located in the sources checked.

Because available public records are limited, this remembrance focuses on acknowledging Derrick as a real person whose life mattered to family and community. He is not defined by the violence that ended his life: he is remembered in public accounts as a caring brother and as someone who worked in service to New York’s public housing residents. For those who knew and loved him, that kindness and those human connections are the enduring parts of his legacy.

If family members or a funeral home would like a more complete memorial page that includes photographs, personal remembrances, or details about services, those additions should be added from family-authorized materials to ensure the remembrance is fully accurate and respectful.