On the evening of July 16, 2021, 26-year-old Austin Phillips was fatally shot in Ferguson, Missouri. Phillips was found with a gunshot wound, taken to a local hospital, and later died of his injuries.

The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis assisted the Ferguson Police Department. Investigators identified 24-year-old Garry Q. Rodgers as a suspect. Rodgers was located in the city of St. Louis about a month later after a public tip and was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with Phillips’s death.

If anyone witnessed the argument or the shooting near Highmont Drive and Gage Drive that night, or has information that wasn’t reported, please come forward.