Terrance Williams

Terrance Williams, a 48-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Huttig, Arkansas, on August 6, 2021. Responding officers were called to Olin Avenue, where Williams was found with multiple gunshot wounds; he died of his injuries. His passing was publicly noted by relatives and friends through funeral notices shortly after the shooting.

Investigators identified Naikia Riley of Huttig as the suspect. According to contemporaneous local reporting and incident records, Riley was charged with first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement and possession of firearms by certain persons. Records indicate he was acquainted with Williams and surrendered to authorities shortly after the shooting.

Subsequent docket updates reported that a trial for the accused in Williams’s killing was set to begin on October 23 following pretrial proceedings, reflecting that the case proceeded through the courts after the arrest. Public summaries linking the case to Union County coverage corroborate the scheduled trial date tied to the Huttig homicide.

Memorial listings preserved the core facts of the case—naming Williams, noting Huttig as the location, and marking the 2021 shooting—while the community marked his loss online. These notices, together with incident archives, frame the sequence from the fatal shooting to the arrest and the path toward trial.