Aurora police are investigating a shooting early this morning on southbound Interstate 225 in which a man was shot to death in a possible road rage case.
Mike Hulburt, 22, of Arapahoe County, was pronounced dead at a local hospital, said Det. Shannon Youngquist Lucy, spokeswoman for the Aurora Police Department.
Police were called at 2:40 a.m. by a man who said his friend, a passenger in his Ford Taurus, had been shot. The automobile wound up near South Potomac Street and East Mississippi Avenue, Lucy said. The name of the driver was not released.
The driver of the Taurus claimed that as he was driving in the left hand lane a dark SUV that may have been a Range Rover started tailgating and flashing his headlights, Lucy said. The SUV had tinted windows and double-decker white and amber headlights.
The driver said that he tapped on his breaks a couple of times and the suspect drove up next to the passenger and started firing.
“We don’t know if this was a road rage thing,” Lucy said. “It’s possible that that’s what it was.”
Police do not know whether there was a relationship between the victims and suspects.
Hulburt had several bullet wounds to the upper body, Lucy said.
The driver, also a young man either in his late teens or early 20s, was not injured, Lucy said.
No arrests have been made, Lucy said.
“Somebody in the suspect car fired and struck the passenger,” she said. “We’re really not sure why.”
The driver of the Taurus described the suspect car as a dark-colored SUV with one amber-colored headlight and one white colored headlight on each side of the front end of the vehicle.
Southbound I-225 was closed for a few hours this morning while officers searched for evidence. It has now been reopened.
Major Crimes/Homicide detectives are in the early stages of their investigation. No motive has been established.
The Aurora police department is offering a $5,000 reward from information leading to the arrest of the suspects, Lucy said.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Det. Tom Wilson at 303-739-6711.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
