The Arapahoe County District Attorney’s office is reviewing the case of a man who shot another man who was breaking into his parked car early this morning.
Aurora police responded to a report of gunshots at about 3:15 a.m. in the 3200 block of South Bahama Street. While there, they received another call that there was a shooting victim just a few blocks away in the 17700 block of East Eldorado Place.
A young man was transported to the hospital with a single gunshot wound to the torso. His condition was non-life threatening, but he remains in the hospital, according to a press release from Aurora Police Department.
Witnesses told police that a resident of a house on the 3200 block of South Bahama Street had shot someone who was breaking into his car. The homeowner then told police he confronted the suspect who was trying to break into his car while it was parked in the driveway.
The homeowner was interviewed and released by investigators.
The district attorney’s office will now review the case and decide whether any charges will be filed against the homeowner.
Last week, Robert Wallace, 81, plead guilty to attempted reckless manslaughter and illegal discharge of a firearm into an occupied motor vehicle in a plea deal after an incident in February in which Wallace shot a man who was fleeing with his trailer in Wheat Ridge.
“The lesson to be learned is that Colorado law does not authorize a citizen to use deadly physical force to protect property,” said Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey during Wallace’s case.
On Thursday night, Aurora police discovered eight to twelve other vehicles that had been broken into on the same block of South Bahama Street, and are trying to determine if they related to the young man who was shot.
The homeowner, and the young man who was shot have not been identified.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call detective Tom Wilson 303-739-6711.
