A 38-year-old woman was killed Thursday morning by gunfire in Aurora in an apparent domestic violence incident.
Police are investigating a shooting near 291 S. Jasper Circle at the Glen at the Park Apartments. A man, 28, was taken to a local hospital in serious condition. Police believe his gunshot wound to be self-inflected. He is expected to survive, police said. The woman was pronounced dead on the scene.
“The man and woman were known to one another and are believed to have been in a relationship,” police said in an afternoon news release.
Police say the couple was in a verbal altercation before the shooting and that they have responded to this house several times in the past few months. A gun was recovered at the residence.
A teenage girl was in the home at the time of the shooting, which was reported to police at 6:56 a.m., and she was taken to police headquarters.
The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office will release the victim’s name after her family has been notified. An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone experiencing domestic violence is urged to call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or text SMART to 88788, or visit ViolenceFreeColorado.org online.
