Santos Gaucin, a 40-year-old male, died on October 19, 2025, in Okeechobee, Florida. In the predawn hours around 3 a.m., a neighbor in the Debbie Park Trailer Park on the 400 block of NE 31st Terrace noticed a crashed vehicle and, on approaching, found Gaucin unresponsive and bleeding in the driver’s seat. Deputies and emergency personnel arrived and discovered he had been shot; investigators immediately treated the case as a homicide.
Detectives with the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office processed the scene and began canvassing for witnesses and evidence, but as of the latest reports no arrests had been announced and no suspect information or motive had been publicly released. Gaucin was formally identified by authorities, and local coverage and records noted the date of his death and his ties to the Okeechobee community. The investigation remains active.
