Authorities ID man killed during break-in, altercation at McCalla home

Authorities have released the name of a man shot to death Friday morning when authorities say he broke into a McCalla home.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the slain man as Keenan Orl Phillips. He was 33 and lived in McCalla.

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 4:25 a.m. Friday to a report of a person shot at a house in the 6600 block of Newbridge Drive.

They arrived to find the intruder dead.

Lt. Joni Money said it appears Phillips broke into the home and got into a physical altercation with the residents once inside. He did know at least one of the people who live there.

During that fight, one of the residents pulled a gun and fired shots.

The investigation is ongoing. No one has been charged at this point.