Five suspects have now all been sentenced in connection to the 2024 murder of a 14-year-old boy in Lakewood, the last two men on Wednesday.

Jefferson County District Judge Russell Klein sentenced both Anthony Allen and Philix Baca to 25 years in prison on Wednesday in connection to the murder of 14-year-old Francisco “Cisco” Laqui in 2024.

Allen and Baca were the last two of five defendants to be sentenced in connection with the crime.

Around 4 a.m. on April 14, 2024, Lakewood Police Department officers were called to a house near 1165 Garrison Street after receiving reports of gunshots, according to a press release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

Investigations found that Cecellia Nace arrived to the house party in a Nissan Rogue with passengers Baca and Allen. Joaquin Bustillos also arrived in a pickup truck with Martin Ramirez.

All of the suspects were 21 or under at the time, with the youngest being Allen at 17 years old.

As the group approached the party, an argument broke out. Allen and Baca returned to Nace’s vehicle and Ramirez returned to Bustillos’ truck. The vehicles fled the party, firing multiple shots at the crowd. Baca fired a .45 caliber revolver, Allen fired a .22 caliber handgun and Ramirez fired a 9mm handgun, according to the release.

Laqui was shot in the head, killing him.

Bustillos, Nace and Ramirez all agreed to pleas in 2025 that “were contingent upon their cooperation in the anticipated trials of Allen and Baca,” according to the district attorney’s office.

Baca was arrested in Colorado Springs in May 2025 after a year on the run.

Bustillos and Nace pleaded guilty to accessory to a crime and each received five years of probation on Feb. 11.

Ramirez pleaded guilty to accessory and felony menacing, due to him firing a gun. He also received five years of probation on Feb. 11.

Allen, the shooter who hit Laqui, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received 25 years on Wednesday.

Baca pleaded guilty to a charge of attempt to commit first-degree murder and a crime of violence enhancer, leading to his 25-year sentence.

“On that fateful night, you made a bet with the devil, and the devil won,” one of Laqui’s family members said during the sentencing of the first three defendants.

“This case simply should not have happened,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Jacob Mathews said Wednesday. “Young individuals soaked in a reckless gun culture on social media came face to face with the very real consequences of gun violence.  Their senseless acts put a community in danger and led to the death of a young man.”