Aurora police: ‘Gang members have not taken over’ apartment complex

Published: Aug 31, 2024 Duration: 00:02:30 Category: News & Politics

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CRASH. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. ALSO TONIGHT, AURORA POLICE SAY GANG MEMBERS HAVE NOT TAKEN OVER THE EDGE APARTMENTS. NEW VIDEO THIS WEEK FROM AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOWS THE OFFICERS GOING DOOR TO DOOR AT THOSE APARTMENTS YESTERDAY AND NOW AURORA INTERIM POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE GANG HAS NOT OVERRUN THAT COMPLEX. THIS COMES AFTER OFFICERS SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. FOX THIRTY-ONE'S RACHEL SAUER JOINS US TONIGHT WITH THOSE DETAILS. YEAH, KIM, WILL THIS ALL COMES AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CONFIRMED THE INDIVIDUAL SEEN IN VIDEO GIVEN TO FOX. 31 WERE MEMBERS OF A KNOWN GANG. NOW THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE CONFIDENT. >> THAT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING RUN BY GANGS. >> THIS VIDEO GIVEN TO FOX 31 ON WEDNESDAY SHOWING ARMED MEN BREAKING INTO MULTIPLE APARTMENTS AT THE EDGE AT LOWRY APARTMENT COMPLEX SHORTLY BEFORE A SHOOTOUT HAPPENED IN THE PARKING LOT. AND IT SEEMED ALMOST AS FAST AS PEOPLE WERE MOVING OUT. OTHERS WERE MOVING IN RAISING CONCERNS THAT A VENEZUELAN GAME WAS TAKING OVER THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. I KNOW THAT THIS GANG IS HERE. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE TAKING OVER APARTMENT COMPLEXES. >> I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO GET STRAIGHT ANSWERS. IN FACT, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CONFIRMED TO OUR NEWS PARTNERS AT NEWS NATION. SOME OF THE MEN PICTURED IN THE VIDEO WERE PART OF THE VENEZUELAN KNOWN AS PLAN DAY ABOUT IN THE WAKE OF THE NATIONAL ATTENTION. THE CITY OF AURORA ANNOUNCED. >> THEY HAVE MADE MANY ARRESTS. WE HAVE >> TASK FORCE ARE CRIMINALS ARE OUT GET THE MORPHEUS OF THE STREETS. AND ON FRIDAY, AURORA POLICE INTERIM CHIEF HEATHER MORRIS SAID OFFICERS HAVE BEEN AT THE COMPLEX TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. WE WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING. AND HERE IS HER ASSESSMENT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT GANG MEMBERS HAVE NOT TAKEN OVER THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. IN THE MEANTIME, MAYOR MIKE COFFMAN TOOK TO FACEBOOK ON FRIDAY. >> SAYING THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO SHUT THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS DOWN WHERE THE GANG ACTIVITY HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. >> YEAH, THE CITY OF AURORA SAYS THEY WILL BE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE OUT OF STATE OWNERS OF THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WHICH THE CITY SAID HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN VIOLATION OF CODES AND CRIMINAL

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