A 23-year-old man is dead and his neighbor is facing a second-degree murder charge after a shooting erupted outside an Aurora apartment complex at about 7:30 a.m. Yefferson Contreras-Colina suffered a gunshot wound and was rushed to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Edin Samuel Yanez-Orellana was arrested in connection with the shooting and now faces prosecution in the 17th Judicial District.
The shooting happened in the 1900 block of Blackhawk Street in north Aurora, according to Sentinel Colorado, which reported that Contreras-Colina was taken to the hospital after being shot and did not survive. Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan confirmed the man was rushed to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries. The Denver Post reported that officers responded to the parking lot shooting shortly before 7:30 a.m. that Wednesday, and that paramedics took the man to the hospital, where he died.
Yanez-Orellana was arrested near the 1600 block of South Sable Boulevard, not far from the shooting scene. The Denver Post reported he was arrested Wednesday afternoon, roughly eight hours after the fatal shooting, though at that point no charges had yet been filed. Investigators later moved forward with a second-degree murder charge against him in connection with Contreras-Colina’s death.
Fugitive Unit and FBI Joined the Search
The arrest came together through a joint effort between Aurora police and federal investigators. Per the Sentinel Colorado report, the arrest was the culmination of work between the APD Fugitive Unit and the FBI Safe Streets program, which tracked Yanez-Orellana down near South Sable Boulevard hours after the shooting…