AURORA | A police dragnet netted a shooting suspect accused of gunning down a man at about 5 p.m.March 16 in a home on the 1300 Block of Sable Boulevard, according to Aurora police.
It was the third shooting reported in the same day.
Police said they were called to the house on reports of gunfire and discovered a man there shot dead. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but pronounced dead there.
Police spokesman Officer Bill Hummel said that as police arrived on the scene, they knew the suspected gunman had fled, and who he was.
Police alerted neighbors via reverse-911 and flooded the area with police in an attempt to find him.
Soon after, police spotted the man a “few blocks” from the scene of the shooting and arrested the suspect, police said.
“The victim in this incident will be identified at a later time by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office pending the notification of next of kin,” Hummel said in a statement.
On Saturday police identified the suspect as Travon Sanders, 32. Officials said he is facing a first-degree murder charge.
Earlier in the day, a convenience store owner was shot by a robber, and the robber was shot in the parking lot by what police said was a ‘Good Samaritan.” The wounded robber suspect was later apprehended.
Also, gun shots were fired inside the Town Center of Aurora mall, where a dispute turned into a “brawl” and then shots were fired. One of three males involved in the melee may have been “grazed” by a bullet, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Chad Lampson at (303) 739-6013.