AURORA | A 16-year-old girl was shot and injured late Saturday at an Aurora hotel as a man was handling a handgun and it discharged, striking the girl, police said.
Police were called to an Aurora hospital at about midnight after the unidentified girl walked into the emergency department suffering a gunshot wound.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the girl was with “multiple” people at the Quality Inn, 1011 S. Abilene St. when the shooting occurred.
“An adult male began manipulating a handgun,” Aurora police spokesperson Sydney Edwards said in a statement. “The gun fired and struck (the) victim.”
Police said the suspected shooter fled the scene before police arrived, but they know the man’s identity.
It was not released.
Edwards said the girl is expected to survive.
Idiotshould not be allowed to.uch guns.
So lucky thathe gun-possessor did not kill the girl or someonelse.
Hope that he is caught and taught how to handle guns.