On the morning of August 4, 2019, 27-year-old Derrick Laurence Towe Williams was shot and killed on the 3900 block of Shenton Road in Randallstown, Maryland. Officers arrived about 11:19 a.m. after an assault call and found Williams suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. At the time he had marijuana and a small amount of cash on his person.

Surveillance from a neighbor’s camera captured Williams approaching a gold Chevrolet Suburban that had stopped near his home. A masked person exited the passenger side, had a brief interaction with Williams, then shot him in the chest and back before returning to the vehicle, which fled. Investigators concluded the encounter began as a planned purchase of marijuana that was intended to be a robbery. Cell phone records tied two men to each other and to Williams in the minutes before the shooting; police identified Cory Dwayne Fennell as the shooter and Markus Haggins as the driver. Both were arrested within two days and charged with first-degree murder.

Anyone with information about Derrick, his movements that morning, or the vehicle involved is asked to come forward.