On the night of September 30, 2019, 19-year-old Xavier X Cochrum was shot and killed at a residence on Menominee Trail in Frankfort, Kentucky. Cochrum and two companions, Ezavion Peyton and Patrick Greenlee, had arranged to buy marijuana from 18-year-old Elijah T. Amburgey. Accounts differ on details, but a dispute during the transaction turned physical and Amburgey retrieved a handgun and opened fire. Cochrum was hit three times, once in the chest and twice in the back; Peyton suffered a gunshot wound to his arm and Greenlee escaped uninjured. First responders found Cochrum in the backyard; he was taken to Frankfort Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Amburgey was arrested and initially charged with murder, first-degree assault, and first-degree wanton endangerment. He admitted to investigators that he fired because he felt disrespected rather than in self-defense. In January 2022 he pleaded guilty to amended counts of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault, with wanton endangerment dismissed; the Commonwealth recommended a 10-year sentence and Amburgey faced a maximum of 20 years. A February 2022 motion to withdraw the guilty plea was denied by a Franklin Circuit Court Judge.

Did anyone in the Frankfort area see or hear anything that night on Menominee Trail that could shed more light on what happened?