DENVER ( KDVR ) — Police in Aurora are investigating a shooting and a crash that followed shortly after involving a vehicle and a light rail train, sending four people to the hospital Wednesday morning.
The Aurora Police Department responded to a report of a shooting near 18494 E. Kepner Pl. in Aurora at 8:13 a.m. While police were responding, 911 received another call for service at 8:24 a.m. on a report of a crash involving a vehicle and a light rail train near Sable Boulevard and Ellsworth Avenue.
During a press conference Wednesday morning, Aurora Police Commander Matthew Brukbacher said that a preliminary investigation suggests there was a shooting in the parking lot. Multiple people were involved and multiple rounds were fired.
Police said all the people involved in the shooting got into a Mazda and fled from the scene “at a high rate of speed.” The Mazda then crashed into a Regional Transportation District light rail train near Sable Boulevard and Ellsworth Avenue…