Four Aurora police cars were struck by gunfire Wednesday night after the occupants of a stolen vehicle began firing upon Aurora officers who were following the stolen vehicle.
No officers were hit by the gunfire, but the suspect or suspects are still being sought after they drove away when five officers fired back at the stolen vehicle, the Aurora Police Department said in a news release.
The incident began about 9:45 p.m. when officers in an unmarked police car began following a stolen white Kia sedan. The Kia, occupied by at least two people, pulled into a shopping center parking lot at 6th Avenue and Peoria Street.
Once the car stopped in the parking lot, one or more people in the car, “unprovoked,” began firing multiple rounds at two officers in the unmarked car, the police department said.
The two officers returned fire, and the suspects attempted to drive away when they were confronted by more officers responding to the scene. The suspects then fired more rounds at the officers before driving out of the parking lot. Four police cars were hit by the gunfire, and five officers fired their guns at the suspects.
Officers found the stolen Kia a short time later crashed and unoccupied at East 10th Avenue and South Lima Street.
A search began for the suspects, and a juvenile was found in an open field and arrested on active warrants, the police department said.
Investigators were working to determine if the juvenile was involved in the shooting, but the search for more suspects was still ongoing.
The officers who fired their weapons were placed on leave for the duration of the police investigation.
No officers were struck by the gunfire, but one was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of moderate injuries and released.
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