On the night of February 2, 2021, 26-year-old Nekoe Phillips, an African American man, was shot on Fort Benning Road in Columbus, Georgia. A burst of gunfire in what police described as a shootout also wounded two other people. Phillips was taken to a hospital but died of his wounds; the Muscogee County Coroner ruled his death a homicide.

The Columbus Police Department opened a homicide investigation and continues to treat the case as an unsolved murder. The circumstances that led to the gunfire have not been made clear.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Fort Benning Road that night or has information that could help investigators, please contact the Columbus Police Department.