The suspect in a fatal shooting in Aurora on Friday night is in custody after falling out of a moving vehicle that was being trailed by officers, according to .
Officers responded to reports of shots fired at a home in the 3600 block of South Zeno Way about 10:45 p.m. Friday, according to a summary of events the department .
One victim, an adult male, was transported to a hospital with a gunshot wound but later died, the department reports. The Arapahoe County coroner’s office on May 28 identified the victim as 45-year-old Aaron Paul Dafler.
An adult male was seen fleeing, and some of the officers followed his vehicle. When the car made a turn, the suspect “fell out of the moving vehicle” which crashed nearby, according to police.
The suspect was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries sustained during that fall but is now in custody, police said. It does not appear that the suspect was trying to evade officers by jumping from the car but was ejected because the vehicle was faulty, police spokeswoman Sydney Edwards said.
“He took a turn, and it threw him out of the door,” Edwards said in an interview Saturday.
The fleeing suspect and the victim knew each other, Edwards said, although she did not have further information regarding a motive for the shooting Saturday afternoon.
There is no ongoing threat to the public now that the suspect is in custody, Edwards said.
He is facing a first-degree-murder charge, according to police.
Updated 3:40 p.m. July 24, 2024: This article was updated to include the identity of the man who was killed.
