An early morning shooting outside an Aurora sports bar is being investigated as a homicide.
At 1:52 a.m. Sunday police responded to the parking lot of Challengers Sports Bar, 12161 E. Iliff Ave., on a shooting, .
Officers determined that a fight preceded a shooting and that the two people involved had left the scene. About 10 minutes after the initial call, a man suffering from a gunshot wound arrived at a local hospital. The victim remains in the hospital and is not expected to survive, police said.
interviewed witnesses and a suspect was arrested on Wednesday, according to the release. Henry Lee Griffin III, 26, was taken into custody near East Mississippi Avenue and South Eagle Circle. He is being held on investigation of first-degree murder.
Police investigators will submit their case to the for consideration of formal charges.
