Charles Eugene Frye, 39, was shot and killed during a house party on East Maryland Avenue in Saint Paul on January 26, 2019. The shooting occurred around 3:30 a.m.; police found Frye at the scene and he was pronounced dead. A 27-year-old man was also wounded and treated at a hospital.

Frye’s family remembers him as a loving father of nine and a grandfather. Neighbors told investigators the house where the shooting happened frequently hosted parties. Investigators began interviews with roughly 20 potential witnesses and initially had no arrest.

In May 2019, Antonio Edward Johnson was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the case; a criminal complaint accuses him of being the shooter. Anyone who was at the party or has information about the events that night is asked to come forward.