AURORA, Colo. — A SWAT response in south Aurora is over and roads that were shut down are now back open after police said a suspect was refusing to leave an apartment for several hours.
The Aurora Police Department tweeted at 11:09 a.m. Thursday there was a large police presence at The Preserve at City Center apartments, located near S. Elkhart Street and E. Mississippi Avenue. SWAT was also requested as officers tried to get in contact with a suspect who had barricaded himself inside one of the units. Police said he was wanted for allegedly being involved in a shots fired call earlier in the day.
A reverse 911 call was sent to residents in the complex, telling them to shelter in place. About an hour later, all apartments near the one the suspect was inside were evacuated.
By 3 p.m., investigators with the department said a teen had been found inside one of the units with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and the shelter-in-place was canceled.
Police then closed all the southbound lanes of I-225 between Mississippi and Iliff at about 3:30 p.m. to search for evidence in the case, according to a tweet from the Aurora Police Department. It would take them a little more than an hour to reopen the road.
"We certainly appreciate everyone's patience for the extended closure. Officers located numerous shell casings on the interstate possibly related to this earlier incident," they said in a follow-up tweet.
No other details about the incident were immediately available.
