William Darnell Frazier Jr., known as Tank, was a 38-year-old man from Owensboro, Kentucky, and a father to a son, Cartiye, and a daughter, Bellé. He belonged to Fourth Street Baptist Church and worked at Shiloh’s Lounge. Family remembered him for barbecuing, watching the Dallas Cowboys, and spending time with relatives.

On the night of Friday, May 20, 2022, at about 10:10 p.m., officers responded to a shooting on the 3600 block of Arlington Drive and found Frazier with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital and did not survive. A homicide investigation followed; detectives interviewed witnesses and credited bystanders with providing key information that led to a quick identification of a suspect.

The next morning police arrested a 17-year-old male, charging him with murder and, after detectives determined the handgun used had been stolen, with receiving stolen property of a firearm. As of May 2022, the case was proceeding through the juvenile justice system.

If anyone knew William Tank Frazier or has information about the shooting on Arlington Drive, please share what you know.