Houston shooting: Family mourns 30-year-old Derrick Smith killed in June shooting

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Houston shooting: Family mourns 30-year-old Derrick Smith killed in June shooting
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The family of Derrick Smith, shot dead in his truck by a suspect, pleads for information to bring his killer to justice.

The family of 30-year-old Derrick Smith say he was the one gunned down by an AR-armed shooter while sitting in his truck.On June 25, police say two men got in an argument near the 4700 block of Sherwood in Northwest Houston . One man ran inside, got an AR, and riddled the other man's truck with bullets, killing him. It happened just before 10 p.m.

She says Smith loved his family, and she always looked forward to Sundays when he would come bring her food from his favorite truck."I miss everything about Derrick," she said.FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku, Google Android TV, Samsung TV, and Vizio!Hearing exactly how Smith died haunts Melvena. "I'm told Derrick was shot with a high-powered rifle, like an assault rifle.

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