Tai’Maricus Warner was 24 when he was shot to death shortly after midnight on March 11, 2025, on the 400 block of Ohio Street in Lexington, Kentucky. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene; he had suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest. The city recorded this as its fifth homicide of the year.

Investigators identified two suspects: 32-year-old Phillip McElroy and 26-year-old Marquise Clark. Surveillance footage from a nearby residence purportedly shows two masked, gloved individuals near the scene; McElroy was identified by distinctive face and neck tattoos that matched arrest records. A Glock recovered near where the suspects were seen on video was later confirmed by ballistic testing to be the weapon used. McElroy was taken into custody March 14 and Clark was arrested March 26 in Michigan; both have been charged in connection with the killing. McElroy is being held on a $750,000 bond and has separately been charged with first-degree assault for an alleged jailhouse stabbing.

Warner’s mother, Sherricka Warren, addressed McElroy at a court hearing, calling him a coward and saying the family’s heart was taken with her son. The motive remains under investigation.

If anyone saw activity on Ohio Street around midnight on March 11 or has information about the suspects, please share what is known with investigators.