Police in the Denver metro area were busy Thursday evening and Friday morning as gunshots rang out alongside fireworks.
Around 11 p.m. Thursday, Aurora police responded to a shooting along the 16400 block of E. Alameda Place. One man was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police said there is no threat to the community.
Just before 3 a.m. in Denver, police were at the scene of the 2500 block of S. Patton Court conducting a homicide investigation. A man had been shot and died.
#Breaking DPD investigating a homicide in the 2500 Blk of S. Patton. An adult male suffered fatal gunshot wound. pic.twitter.com/XagInsgi2W
— Daryl Orr (@WxTrackerDaryl) July 5, 2019
A few minutes later and a few miles north on the 2000 block of Larimer Street, police had been dispatched to a report of shots fired. They found one person with a suspected gunshot wound. That individual was taken to a local hospital in serious condition.
#Breaking DPD investigating a shooting at 20th/21st and Market St. Large crowd gathering and large police presence. 1 person transported to hospital. pic.twitter.com/RrhdSl4Ov8
— Daryl Orr (@WxTrackerDaryl) July 5, 2019
No other information was available on the shootings as of Friday at 5:30 a.m.
