Rodrick Herman Phillips, 49, was shot and killed on January 13, 2024, in the 1700 block of W. 25th Street in Cleveland. Officers from the 2nd district responded after reports of a male with multiple gunshot wounds. Phillips was involved in a physical altercation with Mar’Shawn Johnson, 21, who allegedly produced a firearm and shot Phillips multiple times. Phillips was taken to a hospital and later pronounced deceased.

A manhunt followed and investigators developed information that the suspect had left Ohio for Alabama. On April 7, 2024, members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Mar’Shawn Johnson at a residence near the 3000 block of Panorama East in Huntsville, Alabama. Phillips was remembered in his obituary as a person whose life was a glorious gift and a private service was held.

If anyone witnessed the altercation on W. 25th Street or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.