A 16-year-old girl was shot and killed during what was reported as a home invasion in Aurora on Tuesday morning, and police are searching for two men involved.
Two men entered the apartment unit, fought with the family inside and fired multiple gunshots, Capt. Marc Paolino with the Aurora Police Department said during a .
Paolino said investigators believe there was a physical struggle between the suspects and the apartment residents before the shooting, but police are unsure whether the two men forced their way inside or were brought into the apartment.
Aurora officers responded to reports of the home invasion and shooting in the 10600 block of East Jewell Avenue around 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to a from the police department.
The block is home to the Willowick Apartments, a rental car facility, a used car dealer and a car wash. It’s just east of South Havana Street and south of East Colorado Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found a 16-year-old girl with a gunshot wound inside the apartment, police said.
Officers performed life-saving measures on the girl until paramedics arrived at the scene to rush her to the hospital, where she later died, police said.
The girl lived in the apartment that was broken into with her family, but no one else was injured, Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan said. Police aren’t sure whether any items were taken from the apartment.
Investigators were still trying to determine the relationship between the apartment residents and the suspects, Paolino said.
The teenager will be publicly identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000.
