Kenneth E. Michaels, 68, was found fatally shot in Coal Hill City Park on Tuesday afternoon, November 11, 2025. Officers from the Coal Hill Police Department located his body about 3:30 p.m. after reports of a shooting at the park.

Witnesses said a man fled the scene immediately after the shooting. Law enforcement quickly identified and arrested 25-year-old Colton T. Contant of Coal Hill; he was taken into custody without incident roughly within half an hour of the initial police response and transported to the Johnson County Detention Center. Contant has been charged with first-degree murder.

Investigators have not announced a motive. Sill faced charges the month before for domestic battery and endangering the welfare of a child, and a no-contact order was reportedly in place prohibiting Sill from contacting Contant. Contant also has a 2022 conviction for second-degree terroristic threatening, obstructing governmental operations, and harassing communications, with a 12-month jail sentence and 11 months suspended.