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Man arrested in fatal shooting at Church’s Texas Chicken in Aurora

A suspect was arrested for a fatal shooting that happened last week at a Church's Texas Chicken, the Aurora Police Department said on Monday.

A suspect was arrested for a fatal shooting that happened last week at a Church’s Texas Chicken, the Aurora Police Department said on Monday.

Jontaye Acoray Tassian, 24, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of second-degree murder in the shooting Friday at 11900 E. Colfax Ave., police said.

Officers responded to the shooting just before 5 p.m. Friday, where Aurora Police said a fight broke out between two men and a woman. As the fight escalated, one of the men shot the other one. The shooter and the woman fled the scene, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.

Aurora Police said they don’t believe the two parties knew each other.

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