A targeted shooting killed seven-year-old Zamias Harold Lang in Towaoc, Colorado, on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in the early hours of December 11, 2024. Zamias was asleep in bed with his father, Zackieus Lang, when their home was struck by 24 bullets from an assault-style rifle; one of those rounds fatally wounded the child.

Investigators identified 23-year-old Jeremiah Hight, a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, as the primary suspect after witnesses said Hight had threatened to shoot up Zackieus Lang’s house. A federal arrest warrant charged Hight with second-degree murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and discharging a firearm during a violent crime; the FBI offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to his capture. Hight was located and taken into custody on December 24, 2024, on a mesa west of Oljato, Utah, by the Navajo Police Department K-9 Unit and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and is awaiting transfer to Colorado.

The community held funeral services for Zamias on December 18 at the Towaoc Recreation Center and raised over $26,000 to assist the family with funeral expenses. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Zamias and his family, please come forward to investigators.