Derrick Tyrone Williams

Derrick Tyrone Williams lived in Houston and was 40 years old at the time of his death on November 5, 2011. Public records and contemporaneous police releases identify him by name, age, and city of residence. While formal, family-published obituary text matching his name and the exact date of death was not located in the public record, available sources make clear that Derrick was a person known to his neighbors and to the communities around the northwest Houston apartment complex where he lived.

Beyond the single line of official records, the publicly available information about Derrick's life is limited. That scarcity is not a reflection of his worth. Even when details are few, every life contains relationships, routines, and small kindnesses that mattered to family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors. Derrick’s presence in his neighborhood — the details of daily life, work, hopes, and the people who loved him — are the parts of his story that those who knew him hold dear, even if they did not appear in news reports or public notices.

What is verifiable is that Derrick was a member of the Houston community and that his death on November 5, 2011, was recorded by local authorities. Those records show he was 40 years old and living in Houston at the time. Legal and news sources later document an arrest and prosecution connected to the fatal shooting; these court records and police releases establish circumstances without defining who Derrick was beyond that moment. He was more than the single entry of a public-safety report.

This remembrance honors Derrick’s life by centering his existence as a Houston resident and a person whose life had meaning to others. For a fuller, family-authorized portrait — including personal memories, photographs, and the names of loved ones who survived him — the family’s own words and funeral-home notices (if made available) are the most fitting sources. Until such a notice is located and published, this page holds in dignity the simple truth that Derrick Tyrone Williams was a real person whose loss was felt by people who loved him.