On August 5, 2014, 26-year-old Wenceslao Lozano was shot and killed inside a friend’s home at the Elko Indian Colony in Nevada. Lozano had just returned from work when 33-year-old Thomas Caudill entered the residence through a window, reportedly a behavior not unusual for him. Caudill appeared intoxicated and at one point told a friend, Taryn Thomas, to videotape him killing himself while alternating between pointing the gun at himself and at Thomas.

When Lozano entered the room, Caudill allegedly pointed the gun at him, asked him to look at it, and fired a single shot that struck Lozano in the body. Lozano showed a bleeding wound, ran from the house, collapsed outside, and could not be revived. After the shooting Caudill handed the weapon, magazine, and bullets to Thomas and was later arrested and federally charged with murder because both men were members of the Elko Indian Colony and the incident occurred on reservation land. Caudill was held without bail; investigators described him as uncooperative during interrogation.

If anyone knew Wenceslao, was at the Elko Indian Colony that night, or has information about what happened, please share what you know.