Derrick Williams, 53, of Long Beach, California, was shot and killed in Lawndale on Saturday, September 5, 2020. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department found him with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The motive was not immediately clear and investigators opened a homicide investigation.

Authorities conducted witness interviews, reviewed surveillance, and collected forensic evidence, and appealed to the community for help. The case initially made little progress and no immediate arrests were reported. A separate person named Derrick Williams was arrested in May 2024 in Los Angeles County on suspicion of murder in an unrelated case; that arrest is not connected to the Lawndale killing.

Anyone with information about the shooting on September 5, 2020, in Lawndale is asked to come forward.