Search On For Car Break-Ins Suspect Who Fired Shots
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - Authorities are looking for suspects after shots were fired and cars were broken into in Arapahoe County.
It happened just after 3:45 a.m. Authorities say the situation started with deputies looking for two or three males who were breaking into cars in the 9400 block of East Florida Avenue. A gun was taken from one of the cars.
Deputies with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's office arrived and the suspects ran away. They wound up catching one of them.
Soon after that, shots were fired in the 9300 block of East Florida.
A homeowner told police he heard something in his yard and went outside and confronted one of the suspects, who fired two shots. No one was hurt in the shooting.
Deputies said they don't know whether the suspect fired those shots to scare the homeowner or in an attempt to harm him.
The suspect who fired the shots was described as being a black male who was 6 feet tall and was wearing a white shirt.
Police were still searching the area several hours later, and homeowners in the area were asked to be cautious.
"We do want homeowners to be aware when they come out (of their homes) we don't know if the suspect is fled and long gone or holed up somewhere in a back yard," Arapahoe County Sheriff's spokeswoman Julie Brooks said.
The suspect was described as being in his 20s. His name has not been released.
