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One person has been detained after a woman was injured in a shooting near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Aurora, Colorado, police said.
A police spokesperson told the incident happened Thursday night and left the woman with injuries that were not life-threatening. A man was detained following the shooting, which did not happen inside the facility, they added.
Andrea Loya, the executive director of Casa de Paz — a local nonprofit that helps those released from the ICE detention facility reunite with their loved ones — told The Denver Post the shooting happened after the conclusion of a weekly protest outside the building.
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The immigrant detention facility operated by the privately owned GEO Group for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Aurora, Colo. (Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Loya told the newspaper that a staff member who was on a call with advocates reported hearing screams after learning of the shooting around 7:40 p.m. local time.
An Aurora police spokesperson also told The Denver Post that the person who was detained for questioning is “potentially a suspect.”
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A protest outside the ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colo., in July 2019. The recent shooting happened following a weekly protest there on Thursday night, a report said. (Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
The shooting happened near the 3100 block of Nome Street, according to the newspaper.
It comes as the FBI is also investigating gunfire that riddled the windows of an Arizona ICE center earlier this week.
Video from FOX 10 Phoenix showed the damage after one or more unidentified people fired multiple rounds at the building.
The FBI’s Phoenix Field Office said it is investigating that shooting, which happened Tuesday afternoon at the Enforcement and Removal Operations building on North Central Avenue in Phoenix.
The exterior of the ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colo. (Google Maps)
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No injuries were reported, and no arrests have been announced as of Friday morning.
’ Natalie Chuck, Jasmine Baehr and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
