In the late hours of a Thursday night in Grenada County, Mississippi, the life of 38-year-old Franklin Vicks of Holcomb was tragically cut short. On May 15, 2025, a 911 call was placed at 11:19 p.m. reporting a shooting at a residence on Lincoln Road. When deputies from the Grenada County Sheriff's Office arrived at 250 Lincoln Road, they discovered Vicks unresponsive on the floor, having sustained several gunshot wounds. Emergency medical services were dispatched to the scene, but Vicks was pronounced dead.
Investigators quickly identified a suspect in the fatal shooting. Antonio N. Goldston, a 42-year-old Black male, became the subject of a search by the authorities, who considered him to be armed and dangerous. The Grenada County Sheriff's Office sought the public's assistance in locating him, noting he had connections in several neighboring counties.
The manhunt for Goldston was swift. By the afternoon of the following day, Friday, May 16, 2025, Chief Deputy Ricky Williamson III confirmed that Antonio N. Goldston had been taken into custody shortly before 12:30 p.m. News of the arrest brought a swift, if partial, resolution to the violent incident that had unfolded the night before. While Goldston was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Franklin Vicks, the specific charges he faced were not immediately released.
