Adrian Lemont Phillips, 26, was fatally shot during an outbreak of gunfire about 2:30 a.m. on February 20, 2026, in a parking lot on the 300 block of 14th Street in Huntington, West Virginia, near 3 1/2 Alley and roughly two blocks from Marshall University’s campus. Phillips and his brother, Derious Johnson, were both struck; one brother died at the scene and the other later died at a hospital, though police reports did not specify which brother died where. A third victim, later identified as Taerin Young, survived after being hospitalized.

Phillips, known as AP, was born in Cincinnati, graduated Huntington High School in 2018, completed maritime training at Mountwest Community and Technical College, and worked for the City of Huntington’s Public Works Department. City coworkers described him as dependable, kindhearted and hardworking. Warrants charging Kevante Jaimere White with two counts of first-degree murder and a felony malicious-wounding charge were obtained February 21; White was arrested in Canton, Ohio, on February 22, extradited to West Virginia, and was held on the charges pending further court action.

If anyone knew Adrian, his brother Derious Johnson, or the circumstances in that parking lot that night, please share information that could help investigators or the families.