Ryan Scott Avery PHOTO BY AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT
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AURORA | Police have initiated a nationwide search for a man considered armed and dangerous in connection with the shooting death of his mother and an attempted murder the day before in Elizabeth.

Police were called to a home at 1620 S. Granby St. at about 8:30 a.m. June 20 to investigate reports of a shooting, police said. Inside the house, they discovered a dead woman who had been shot.

“No one else was found in or around the home,” police said.

The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the slain woman as Deborah Avery, 70. She was shot multiple times, and her death has been officially deemed a homicide, according to a news release.

Police said Ryan Scott Avery, 39, is a “person of interest” in the investigation, and on Monday a spokesperson for Aurora police clarified that Deborah was Ryan Avery’s mother.

Arapahoe County property records show that Deborah Avery and her late husband had lived in their central Aurora home since the mid 1980s.

Ryan Avery is described at a white male, 5-feet 11-inches tall, 155 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Considered armed and dangerous, there is a warrant for his arrest in connection with attempted murder charges stemming from an incident Saturday in Elizabeth, police said. Police said Avery was seen Saturday evening in Limon.

“He is believed to be driving a 2008 Silver Lexus IS 4-door bearing Colorado license plate BIX-360,” police said.

Police are asking the public to call 911 if they spot the car or Avery, and do not approach him.

2 replies on “Police searching nationwide seeking man connected to Aurora murder”

  1. While I have not seen this particular person,I certainly have seen the look on his face, always saw it on some moronic idiot trying to intimidate me.

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