LeThonia Carlos Phillips, a 38-year-old Black man known to family and friends as Carlos, was shot and killed in Mobile, Alabama on the evening of Sunday, October 11, 2020. The first report to the Prichard Police Department described an accidental self-inflicted shooting while Phillips was handling a firearm on Pine Street, a version given by his girlfriend, Taji Austin.

Investigators later found inconsistencies in Austin’s account; after police questioning she admitted that she had shot Phillips. She was taken into custody and charged with his murder and was booked into the Metro Jail.

If anyone knew Carlos, his movements that night, or has information about what happened on Pine Street, please share what you know with the investigators handling the case.