On October 3, 2020, 21-year-old Francisco Franky Javier Koslowski was shot and killed at the Hub Apartments on Highland Road in Baton Rouge. Emergency crews responded but he died at the scene after an altercation escalated into gunfire.

The Baton Rouge Police Department identified a suspect and arrested 21-year-old Juan Contreras later the same day. Contreras was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and charged with second-degree murder, a charge that alleges the killing was intentional but not premeditated.

Koslowski’s death left his family and friends coping with a sudden loss and fed broader concerns about gun violence in the community. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Koslowski, please share what you can.