A 40-year-old Aurora man shot and killed an acquaintance at an apartment complex early Tuesday morning after a fight about a stolen bicycle, according to court records.
Aurora Police Department’s SWAT team and fugitive and narcotics unit arrested on Wednesday near Billings Street and Colfax Avenue, agency officials said in a news release.
Officers responded to 911 calls about a shooting just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex in the 14100 block of East Colorado Drive. Police found a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying outside, between two apartments, and bullet casings nearby. He died at the scene.
The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Joseph Giovanni Gorrocino, 48, and ruled his death a homicide.
According to an arrest affidavit, Davis lived at the apartment with his girlfriend and her family. The group and Gorrocino, a family friend, had spent the day hanging out by the pool.
Davis and Gorrocino were fighting because Gorrocino had borrowed Davis’ bicycle without permission and someone stole it, witnesses told police. Davis did not have a car and used the bike and public transportation to get around.
Gorrocino offered to give Davis an e-bike, but did not have the key, which made Davis more angry, according to texts Davis sent to a witness. He became even angrier after his vape pen went missing that day.
Shortly before the shooting, the pair resumed fighting because Davis refused to let Gorrocino use the bathroom before he left the apartment, according to the affidavit.
Detectives obtained surveillance video showed Davis walk out of the apartment ahead of Gorrocino, then turn around and shoot Gorrocino multiple times as he walked out of the apartment.
Davis was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. He previously pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and assault in Arapahoe County District Court in 2005, detectives wrote.
The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office will file formal charges in the case, and the investigation is ongoing, Aurora police said Thursday.
Davis is being held without bail, court records show. His next court date was not available Thursday.
Anyone with information about the shooting can contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
