The Aurora Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a man dead on the City’s far southeast side early Sunday morning.
Just before 4 a.m., officers were dispatched to multiple reports of shots fired in the 2700 block of Village Green Drive. Officers responded to the area and began searching for evidence of a potential shooting.
Approximately five minutes later, Aurora’s 911 Center received a call from an area hospital that a man had arrived at the emergency room with a gunshot wound and was in critical condition. Officers responded to the hospital and attempted to gather more information about the shooting. Unfortunately, the man passed away at the hospital.
The victim has been identified as Ronelle Dortch, Jr, 22, of Aurora.
Detectives from Aurora Police’s Bureau of Investigations responded to the scene and began interviewing potential witnesses, 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 shooting. If you have any information about the shooting or if you know details surrounding the incident, please call Aurora Police’s Investigations Division at 630-256-5500. You can call the Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000 to report information regarding the incident 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