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Deputies investigating man killed outside NW Harris County apartment stairwell

HOUSTON – Authorities are trying to piece together what led up to a man’s death Sunday night after he was found outside a northwest Harris County apartment stairwell.

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Around 9:15 p.m., sheriff’s deputies said they got a call about a disturbance between a man and a woman at the Derby at Steeple Chase apartment on West Road, and about five minutes later, they were called again for reports of a shooting.

Responding officers there found Javion Williams, 22, with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.

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Several witnesses were detained, and a woman, later identified as Derricka Ross, 24, believed to be his killer, was arrested. Investigators said they recovered a weapon, but it’s unclear if it was used in the man’s murder.

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Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed via a post on X Ross has been since booked in the Harris County Jail and charged with murder.


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