Kelly L. Phillips was 48 and a well-known attorney and businessman from Arden Hills, Minnesota, when he was shot and killed on the morning of August 11, 2014, at a Holiday gas station in Arden Hills. Phillips had co-founded the Minneapolis nightclub Lush Food Bar and worked as vice president and chief counsel for Boston Scientific. He was described by friends and family as kind and generous, and was engaged to be married weeks after his killing.

The shooting followed a long, troubled personal and professional relationship with Lyle Ty Hoffman, a former romantic and business partner. The men had been together 15 years; after their romantic relationship ended their business partnership dissolved and legal disputes followed. In the months before the killing Phillips had evicted Hoffman from a residence he owned. On August 11 Hoffman arranged to meet Phillips, an argument erupted in Phillips’ car and then at the gas station. Witnesses said Phillips exited the BMW and was shot; one witness reported Phillips was begging before a final shot to the head, and the driver fled in the BMW, running over Phillips’ legs as he left. Phillips was taken to a nearby medical center and pronounced dead.

Hoffman was later identified as the suspect and was arrested on September 11, 2014. Does anyone have information about the days leading up to August 11 or recall seeing either man at the gas station that morning?