A woman was shot and injured outside of in Aurora on Thursday night, police said.
The woman sustained injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Aurora police spokeswoman Gabby Easterwood said. Police had detained a person for questioning who is “potentially a suspect,” she said. Easterwood said she did not have additional information about the circumstances of the shooting.
The shooting occurred shortly after a weekly protest ended outside the facility, said Andrea Loya, the executive director of Casa de Paz, a nonprofit near the facility that works with detainees. Loya was not at the protest but said she had spoken with people who were present. She provided a photo and brief video of the scene after the shooting, showing law enforcement cordoning off a street outside the building.
Loya said one of her staff members learned of the shooting at around 7:40 p.m. while on a call with other advocates. The staff member then heard screams, Loya said.
Protesters regularly gather outside the detention center, which is operated by the Geo Group through a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The facility has been a lightning rod for protests, and it drew additional scrutiny this week amid a standoff with state and local health officials seeking to investigate a tuberculosis infection identified in a detainee last month.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
