AURORA | A state parole officer is being questioned by Aurora police after he shot a man in the abdomen and seriously injured him during a visit to a parolee in a northwest Aurora apartment Monday morning, according to police.
Aurora police were called to the Monte Vista apartments, 2014 Emporia St. about 8 a.m. after reports of gunfire. Police said that during the visit, the two officers were “confronted” by another man inside the apartment. At one point one of the officers shot the man one time in the abdomen. The injured man was taken to University of Colorado Hospital and underwent surgery. His condition was not released.
Neither DOC officer was injured in the incident. The parolee was in the apartment at the time, but the parolee was not taken into custody, police said
Police have turned over the case to APD major crimes unit, and they said they will not release the identities of those involved or other details on Monday.
The police investigation will be submitted to the Adams County district attorney for review.
In March, an Aurora police officer shot and killed an unarmed parolee.
The officer killed 37-year-old Naeschylus Vinzant as officers tried to arrest him after he removed a state Department of Corrections ankle monitor, police said. The officer later returned to duty.
Vinzant had an extensive criminal history dating to 1994 that included arrests on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon, attempted homicide, first-degree assault, being a previous offender in possession of a weapon and felony menacing, according to police records.
In December, a Canon City police officer shot and killed Brandon Atencio after police said he charged them with a knife. Atencio had been on parole for a 2011 assault conviction in Colorado and served time for robbery in Nevada, authorities said.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story reported the victim of the gunshot wound was a parolee. After further investigation, police determined the victim was not a parolee.