Police say man who claimed being shot on the street was injured in apartment

AURORA | A man who told police he was shot Friday afternoon by an unknown gunman while walking down a west-central Aurora street was actually shot by someone he knew inside a nearby apartment, police said.

Police and rescuers were called to South Galena Street south of Mississippi Avenue at about 1:30 p.m. to investigate a man who had been shot in the leg.

The man said he was walking along the street when an unknown person opened fire and hit him in the leg.

“After detectives spoke with the man, it was learned that the shooting actually occurred inside of an apartment following a confrontation between known people,” police said in a statement. “No arrests have been made, and no other information about suspect(s) will be released until they are arrested.”