Mikel Phillips was a 15-year-old African American boy found dead on a school basketball court in Dallas on November 8, 2019. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds; neighbors reported hearing gunshots about 8 p.m. the previous night. His body was discovered at Robert L. Thornton Elementary School in the Singing Hills neighborhood.

Mikel’s mother, Shamekia White, said he had been a football quarterback and a good student but had stopped attending school after a football injury. She also said men in the neighborhood had previously threatened her son and she believes they were responsible. Detective Nathan Heathcote is leading the Dallas Police Department investigation. Surveillance footage shows two teenagers walking behind Mikel just before he was shot; police have not identified them and treat them as possible witnesses rather than ruled-out suspects. No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains open.

If anyone knew Mikel, saw activity near Robert L. Thornton Elementary the night of November 8, 2019, or recognizes the people in the footage, please contact the investigators with any information.