[Faungarne]

This is so wrong. I don't know why people feel the need to kill. Nothing that is said could cause me to kill someone.

Whole thing is just heartwrenching. I'm wondering how Walker is going to come away from this.

[WeissVine]

This is so wrong. I don't know why people feel the need to kill. Nothing that is said could cause me to kill someone.

Life means nothing to some low-life cultures.

[HotDolly]

Broncos CB Williams laid to rest

NFL.com wire reports


FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 6, 2007) -- Darrent Williams came home Jan. 6, to the tough streets he both escaped and embraced, where he first flashed his awesome athletic skills and his infectious smile.
An overflow crowd was expected to pack the 2,500-seat Great Commission Baptist Church, not far from where the Broncos' slain cornerback grew up, to say goodbye to their beloved "D' Will," one of the NFL's most promising young defensive backs before being gunned day in a drive-by shooting in downtown Denver on New Year's Day.
Police have no suspects in the slaying but did make an arrest of a man they want to question.
Williams' teammates flew in from Denver and coach Mike Shanahan was among the scheduled speakers at the service, which was expected to last three hours. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was to attend the funeral, which was open to the public, followed by a private graveside service.
On the night of Jan. 5, thousands of mourners filed past Williams' open copper-colored casket during a two-hour memorial service where Pastor Douglas E. Brown said the services wouldn't be about grief but a celebration of Williams' 24 years on earth.
Several mourners spoke at the visitation services, recounting how Williams never got bigheaded about his success and always tried to help others succeed, encouraging them to go to class, stay out of street gangs and make something of their lives.
Others said they would continue his legacy by working to fulfill his dreams of starting sports camps for kids, especially in the South Fort Worth neighborhood that he nurtured.
"Down here, D is no superstar, D is 'Little D,'" 25-year-old cousin Monte Wayne said. "Everybody respected Little D because everybody in the 'hood wants to get out the 'hood.
"Right now, we're hurt. But at the same time, we know what it could have been. We know he's got a good legacy the two years he had in the NFL. Man, I'm just going to miss those Sundays. It's just hard, bro."
At the entrance to the church, which features two movie-sized screens on either side of the alter, mourners filed past giant photographs of Williams that displayed his days as a peewee player to his high school days at O.D. Wyatt to his time at Oklahoma State and, finally, with the Broncos.
Williams was killed and two other passengers wounded when at least 14 shots were fired into the stretch Hummer that left a New Year's Eve party at a nightclub. Williams was struck once in the neck.
A Broncos helmet sat at the front of the church and Williams' white No. 27 jersey was draped over the altar. Williams was dressed in a black pinstriped suit with an orange tie and white shirt.
Williams is survived by a 7-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter, who live in Fort Worth.
Another NFL player from Fort Worth, Thomas Herrion of the San Francisco 49ers, died after a preseason game at Denver in 2005 and is interred nearby.
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AP Sports Writer Pat Graham in Denver and Associated Press writer Angela K. Brown in Fort Worth contributed to this report.

[icedrakona]

Whole thing is just heartwrenching. I'm wondering how Walker is going to come away from this.

Wondering what? I dont think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that holding your bleeding and dying friend/teammate might take a lot of time and a lot of counselling....

I don't care much for Javon Walker after the grandstand play he pulled to get out of GB, but that pales in comparison to knowing he saw his freind/teammate shot to death no more than a couple feet from him.

[PNCarl]

A sad Saturday in Dallas-Fort Worth in many ways.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/...Y&pageId=6.2.1

By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Sports Writer
FORT WORTH, Texas --
With an overflow crowd packing the church, the Denver Broncos on Saturday filed past the open casket of Darrent Williams, the promising cornerback who was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on New Year's Day.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was among those at Great Commission Baptist Church, which is not far from where the 24-year-old Willliams grew up. More than an hour before the service, the line to get inside the 2,500-seat church stretched around the building.