Authorities have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a 7-year-old boy on a tribal reservation in Colorado, the FBI announced Wednesday.
Jeremiah Hight, 23, was arrested near Monument Valley, Utah, in connection with the Dec. 11 shooting death of Zamias Lang at a home in Towaoc on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation, law enforcement officials said.
The FBI has not released a motive for the shooting. Hight was wanted on charges of murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
Authorities have not released any details about what led up to the shooting, and Hight’s arrest warrant was sealed. The FBI’s wanted poster for Hight said the shooting was “targeted at a residence.”
The boy who died was identified as Zamias Lang, Montezuma County coroner George Deavers said Tuesday.
An online fundraiser to raise money for his funeral described him as a “bright and loving” child.
In a video message after the shooting, tribal chairman Manuel Heart called the shooting “senseless” and urged people to let authorities investigate the shooting rather than retaliate on their own. Heart also said he was working on a resolution to ask the federal government to hire more police officers for the reservation and another to ban shooting within either of the reservation’s two communities — Towaoc and White Mesa, Utah.