Frankie J. Golden, 42, was shot to death on the night of February 27, 2018, in Minneapolis. He was standing on the sidewalk outside a home on the 700 block of East 18th Street, waiting to see his nine-month-old son and using his phone, when another man, 38-year-old Antwan Darnell Cosey, approached. An argument followed and Cosey pulled a gun from his waistband and shot Golden in the chest, a wound that proved fatal.

Cosey fled the scene and left the state four days later after purchasing a bus ticket. He was arrested on March 9, 2018, at a Greyhound station in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, after witness interviews identified him as the suspect, and was charged with second-degree murder. At a weeklong trial in June 2019, Cosey asserted self-defense; the claim was rejected by Hennepin County District Judge Kathryn Quaintance, who cited evidence presented at trial and Cosey’s extensive violent-offense history when sentencing. On July 12, 2019, Cosey received a 450-month prison term.

Anyone who knew Frankie or was in the area that night and has information is asked to come forward.