Raphael Warner, also listed in funeral notices as Raphael Cortez Warren, was a 29-year-old Black man from Itta Bena, Mississippi, who died after being shot on Thursday, September 14, 2023. Online memorials identify him by the nickname Lil Ralph, describe him as outgoing, note Leflore County High School among the schools he attended, and show a contributed photograph with dozens of digital candles and brief messages of mourning by 2025.

Obituaries name a funeral service at 11 a.m., a visitation the prior Friday at Century Funeral Home in Greenwood, Pastor Annie Dixon officiating, and burial at Pitts Memorial Gardens in Itta Bena.

Does anyone from Itta Bena or the surrounding area have further information about what happened that night or about Raphael’s life that could help fill in the unanswered questions?