A late-night fishing outing at Lake Pueblo State Park ended in tragedy on June 21, 2024, when a dispute near the north-side dam by Sailboard Beach turned deadly. An argument and a physical altercation between 29-year-old Dustyn Courtney and an unidentified male suspect escalated after midnight; the suspect drew a handgun and shot Courtney. Twenty-year-old Trevion Lucas, who investigators say did not appear to be involved in the original dispute, was also fatally shot. Both men were Pueblo residents.

The suspect fled the park immediately and remains at large. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, assisted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, is asking witnesses to come forward as the motive for Lucas’s shooting and other details of the confrontation are still under investigation. Autopsies were scheduled in Pueblo County and Sailboard Beach has since reopened.

If anyone was at the north side of the lake that night or has information about the shooting or the person who fled, please contact investigators.