Wednesday, law enforcement thought they knew where Frias was. While they didn't catch their man, authorities didn't walk away empty handed.
This overall story has more than one scene. Frias is accused of shooting and killing Samuel Crockett last Friday in north-central Sioux Falls on West Rice Street near the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Russell Street.
Interviews lead to two standoffs in less than 24 hours.
The first happened Tuesday night at an apartment near the intersection of 6th Street and Sycamore Avenue, across the street from Washington High School.
While Frias wasn't there, several people were arrested.
On Wednesday, police swarmed a townhome near the intersection of 57th Street and Sycamore. Police had credible information that Frias could be there.
"Of course, we have to assume that he is armed, just given the nature of the homicide and some of the information we've had," Sioux Falls Police Department spokesperson Sam Clemens said. "So we had a large response, we have the SWAT team, negotiators, several police officers as well as help from the sheriff's office out here."
Authorities made four arrests, but Frias wasn't one of them. Right now, Clemens says it's unknown if Frias is even in the Sioux Falls area.
"We don't know," Clemens said. "And that's one of the big unknowns, is we have a lot of questions, we're getting some tips on where he may be, but at this point we obviously don't know where he is, otherwise we'd be taking him into custody."
As the search went on, school buses in the area didn't make routine stops today.
"Certainly if kids were getting off from school, then they would've not been able to get to their homes," Clemens said.
What's next is more of what's already happening.
"It's really what we've been doing, is talking to people and looking for those pieces of information," Clemens said.
If you know something, Clemens says, let law enforcement handle it.
"If people see him or know where he's at, we don't want them trying to apprehend him themselves, we want 'em to call police and let local law enforcement deal with it," Clemens said.
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