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Victim identities released in Aurora double fatal shooting

Alondra Reyes

The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the two victims shot and killed on Saturday morning — including a 1-year-old child.

Alondra Reyes, 20, and her child, Aaliyah Leanne Reyes, were shot and killed around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the coroner’s office. Both victims sustained gunshot wounds and their deaths are considered homicides.

The Aurora Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 10300 block of East Evans Avenue on Saturday morning, according to a news release from the department.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the suspected shooter, a 19-year-old man, with an apparent self-inflicted fatal gunshot wound.

Both Reyes and her daughter were also found on the ground near the residence. Responders attempted life-saving measures but both victims died.

A fourth victim, a 44-year-old woman thought to be Reyes’ mother, sustained minor injuries to her hand during the shooting, according to a news conference held by Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain. She was treated at the scene.

In as subsequent social media post by the department, police stated that the shooting was “related to an unknown family incident” and everyone involved is known to each other. 

“We have an immense amount of sympathy for what unfolded here, to the families and to the community as a whole,” Chamberlain said at the briefing. “What happened earlier today is without question a tragedy that we are trying to navigate right now, and we are still very early into the investigation process on this.”

The identity of the alleged shooter has not been released by the coroner’s office.

“Both Alondra and Aaliyah were such happy souls and it was a joy having them around. We mourn their absence and it will take time for us to accept what happened,” Reyes’ mother, Julieta Rodriguez, said in a GoFundMe started by the family to raise funeral funds for the two victims.

The fundraiser, which started on Sunday, has already raised over $10,000.

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