Phillip Ray Peanut Jones Jr. was 19 when he was fatally shot on June 21, 2020, in Durham, North Carolina. Known to family as Peanut and Tiny, he was born April 11, 2001, to Dollie Murray and Phillip Jones Sr., and was raised by stepmother Yolanda Barkley. He leaves siblings, nieces, nephews and extended family.

The shooting happened on Father’s Day while Phillip was sitting outside his sister’s apartment talking on the phone. He was unarmed. Reports link the killing to gang affiliations and say an Instagram dispute helped trigger the attack; his mother stressed he liked the color blue before any gang association. No arrests or suspects have been reported and the case remains unresolved.

Did anyone in the Durham area see or hear anything that night, or have information about the people Phillip was associating with leading up to June 21, 2020?