Robert Lee Phillips was 33 when he was shot and killed after a dispute in Denver on the evening of Thursday, October 14, 2021. The altercation on the 700 block of N. Quince Street began as a verbal argument that became physical, and one man allegedly pulled a gun and shot Phillips. His 10-year-old son witnessed the shooting. Phillips, known to family as Head and remembered as a man with a pure heart who was humble to the fullest, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

The Denver Police Department opened a homicide investigation and identified a person of interest quickly. On Friday, October 15, 2021, police arrested 29-year-old Charles Porter and held him for investigation of first-degree murder; the criminal case was pending as of October 2021. If anyone knew Robert, witnessed the incident, or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.