On February 9, 2024, Marlo Randy Phillips, a 27-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in an alley off Golden Valley Road in Minneapolis during what authorities described as an attempted robbery. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds. Police and paramedics found Phillips wounded and he died at the scene; the shooting occurred after Phillips and a 21-year-old man approached a Mercedes sedan in a small apartment building parking lot.

The driver of the Mercedes was seriously wounded but managed to drive to North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale; his injuries were described as potentially life-threatening. A 2-year-old child who was in the car was unharmed despite the vehicle being struck. The 21-year-old who had accompanied Phillips was arrested at the scene on probable cause and taken to the Hennepin County jail. Investigators were probing whether shots were also fired from inside the Mercedes.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, the moments leading up to it, or recognizes the descriptions of those involved, please share what was seen or heard with investigators.