Lazarus Luciano Vigil was 19 when he was found inside a burning vehicle in Pueblo, Colorado, on the evening of June 28, 2023. Emergency crews responded at about 9:31 p.m. to the 500 block of East Mesa Avenue after reports of a car on fire; witnesses said they heard gunfire just before the blaze. First responders removed Vigil from the vehicle and he was taken to a local hospital, where he died of injuries that appeared to be gunshot wounds.

Pueblo Police immediately opened a homicide investigation. Nearly a month later, on July 27, 2023, a 13-year-old juvenile male was taken into custody after a warrant for first-degree murder was issued; the juvenile was booked into the Pueblo Youth Center. Anyone who was in the area that night or has information about the shooting or the vehicle is asked to come forward.