{"id":1609,"date":"2026-05-29T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:34:08","slug":"aurora-police-arrest-suspect-in-fatal-apartment-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1609","title":{"rendered":"Aurora police arrest suspect in fatal apartment shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>AURORA<\/strong> | A 40-year-old man was arrested in Aurora Wednesday in connection with fatal shooting the day before at a central Aurora apartment complex, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Davis Jr., 40, was arrested by police and SWAT unit members near Billings Street and East Colfax Avenue, without incident, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to the apartment complex in the 14100 block of East Colorado Drive at about 1:30 a.m. after reports of a shooting there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen officers arrived, they found multiple shell casings near the entryway and located the 48-year-old male victim lying outside between two apartments with multiple gunshot wounds,\u201d Aurora police spokesperson Gabby Easterwood said in a statement. \u201cHe was pronounced dead at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Police said investigators obtained security video from a nearby home showing Davis leaving and reentering an apartment in the complex \u201cmultiple times\u201d before shots were fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShortly before 1:20 a.m., Davis was captured (on video) exiting the apartment ahead of the victim before firing multiple shots, striking the victim,\u201d Easterwood said. \u201cHe then fled the scene on foot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis faces charges of first-degree murder in the case, sent to Arapaho County.<\/p>\n<p>Davis is not listed on Arapahoe County jail records, nor his is bond status.<\/p>\n<p>Police said anyone with information can call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. 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