Vicente Colacion, a 32-year-old resident of Lakeport, California, was fatally shot at Library Park on the evening of January 31, 2025. Authorities responded to reports of gunfire around 9:18 p.m. and found Colacion unconscious with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene despite life-saving efforts. Investigators say the encounter was not random and that Colacion had been in a physical altercation earlier that evening at a local drinking establishment with 27-year-old Parker John Coggins of Lakeport. That confrontation later escalated at Library Park, where Colacion was shot.

Initial arrests were made in the days after the killing. Coggins was arrested on a homicide warrant on February 1, 2025, though his charges were later amended to assault with a deadly weapon for his alleged role in the events leading up to the shooting. On February 2, 2025, 33-year-old Joshua Jacob Tovar of Lakeport was arrested on a charge of homicide; authorities believe Tovar was directly responsible for the shooting. The investigation remains ongoing, and the community has held memorials including a moment of silence by the Lake County Board of Supervisors and a candlelight vigil at Library Park.

If anyone has information about the events at the drinking establishment that evening or the shooting at Library Park, please come forward.