Derrick D. Spearman, 44, was found with gunshot wounds near the intersection of Mobberly Avenue and Young Street in Longview, Texas, on the night of April 3, 2023. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries. Spearman was born in Houston on November 30, 1978, and is described as a married father of three with two brothers.

On April 4, 2023, Longview police arrested two men in connection with the shooting: 21-year-old Artrell Taylor and 23-year-old Shannon Tre’Mon Marshall. Marshall was released from the Gregg County Jail on April 7, 2023; Taylor remained in custody through August 2, 2024. The case was handled in the court of Judge Alfonso Charles, where both men initially rejected a plea at a pretrial hearing on August 21, 2024, but then entered guilty pleas the following week. Taylor pleaded to manslaughter and Marshall pleaded to murder; both received 10 years of probation in August 2024.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or knew Derrick Spearman that could help fill gaps in what happened that night?