A woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a shooting Thursday night near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Aurora, Colorado. Police have detained one person in connection with the incident.
The shooting did not occur inside the detention facility, according to a police spokesperson. The incident happened near the 3100 block of Nome Street.
Andrea Loya, executive director of Casa de Paz, a local nonprofit that assists individuals released from the ICE facility, told The Denver Post that the shooting took place after a weekly protest concluded outside the building. Loya reported hearing screams around 7:40 p.m. local time, based on information from a staff member on a call with advocates.
The person detained for questioning is considered a "potential suspect," an Aurora police spokesperson told The Denver Post. The facility in Aurora is operated by the GEO Group for ICE.
This incident follows gunfire that damaged windows at an ICE center in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this week. The FBI is investigating that shooting, which occurred Tuesday afternoon at an Enforcement and Removal Operations building on North Central Avenue. No injuries were reported in the Phoenix incident, and no arrests have been announced.