The Aurora Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a man dead on Aurora’s near East Side early Monday morning.
Just before 1:45 a.m., Aurora Police’s telecom center received multiple calls from individuals reporting they heard shots being fired in the area of the 200 block of South Lincoln Avenue. When officers responded to the area, they found a man inside a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. Aurora Fire Department paramedics pronounced the man dead on the scene. It is an active homicide investigation.
The victim has been identified as 26-year-old Antonio Johnson of Aurora.
Aurora Police Department detectives responded to the scene and began interviewing potential witnesses by canvassing the area and investigating the specific circumstances of the incident. Evidence technicians from Aurora Police’s Evidence Unit responded to the scene to identify and collect forensic evidence from the shooting.
Detectives are still investigating the circumstances of the incident. Anyone with any potential details about the shooting is asked to call Aurora Police’s Investigations Division at 630-256-5500. You can call Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000 to leave information anonymously.
Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards up to $5,000 and anonymity to citizens who furnish information leading to the arrest of felony crime offenders and the capture of felony fugitives.
—Aurora Police Department