On the afternoon of Monday, February 5, 2024, 16-year-old Tyree Isaiah Williams was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Black Forest Apartments near the 5600 block of Chalet Forest Drive in Oakville, South St. Louis County. Tyree, a sophomore at Hancock High School who enjoyed swimming, wrestling and basketball, had gone to the location with a 15-year-old friend, Colin Courtwright, and a third male. The three met two other young men there reportedly to examine marijuana cartridges during a transaction. Shots were fired; Colin Courtwright was killed at the scene, Tyree was struck multiple times in the legs and head, and a third victim survived and was treated at a hospital. Tyree was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died shortly after arrival.

St. Louis County Police characterized the encounter as a targeted drug-related dispute. On February 6 prosecutors charged 19-year-old Tyler Coleman and 18-year-old Zachary Hough with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and a felony count of delivery of a controlled substance; both were ordered held on $500,000 cash-only bonds. Tyree is survived by his parents, Patricia Rensing and Terrain Williams, siblings and grandparents, who remembered him as determined with a radiant smile.

Did anyone in the Oakville area see Tyree or the vehicle involved on February 5?