DENVER (KDVR) – The Aurora Police Department responded to social media claims that the Hells Angel Motorcycle Club is headed to Colorado and said they “do not believe the posts to be credible.”
Despite this, police told FOX31 they are continuing to monitor the situation.
Posts claiming that Hells Angels was headed to the area began circulating on social media over the weekend.
Aurora police: ‘Gang members have not taken over’ troubled apartment complex
The group is an international outlaw motorcycle club that was first founded in California in the mid-20th century. Members of the group have been involved in previous incidents in Colorado, including a deadly shootout between it and a rival gang in 2020 where a ranking Hells Angel member was killed.
Some of the posts said the group was responding to claims that an apartment complex in Aurora had been taken over by the Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua gang.
APD Interim Chief Heather Morris responded to the claims Friday and said gang members had not taken over the complex .