AURORA | More than a day after a 10-year-old boy was shot dead Friday night inside a northwest Aurora apartment, police have made public no details about how the boy died.
Police early Saturday said only that there would be no updates about the shooting, but Police Chief Nick Metz and two prominent black church leaders met with residents inside the apartment and in the community. Some of those community members said Metz did not divulge any new insight into the shooting death, other than to repeat that there is not a dangerous gunman at large connected to the shooting.
Police investigate the shooting of a 10-year-old boy inside an apartment at 1075 Galena St. Friday June 3. PHOTO COURTESY OF AURORA SENTINEL NEWS PARTNER 7NEWS
Police were called to the apartment at 1575 Galena St. at about 10 p.m. Friday after neighbors reported a disturbance from a first-floor apartment in the Nordic Arms Apartments complex.
Rescuers on the scene discovered the boy dead after being shot. Investigators are trying to piece together how the shooting occurred.
Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz was at the scene after the shooting and told reporters that police were interviewing family members at the apartment and had not determined as of late Friday how the boy was shot. A weapon was confiscated from the scene, but Metz said police had not yet determined if it was the gun used in the shooting.
As of Sunday morning, there have been no arrests or disclosures.
Crying and wailing could be heard in the background of a police-provided interview of the Metz.
Metz said he wanted to assure neighbors and all of the metro area that there was not a shooter at large posing a danger to the public.
“The Crime Scene Investigations Unit and Detectives from the Crimes Against Children Unit responded to the scene and are handling the investigation into this tragic incident,” Aurora police spokesman Sgt. Chris Amsler said in a statement. “This is an active investigation and detectives are working to determine the circumstances surrounding this shooting. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Detective Sgt. Bob Wesner at 303-739-6093.”