Aurora Man Choked, Shot At Woman During Fight: Police

AURORA, IL — An Aurora man is facing several felony charges after police alleged he choked a woman and fired a gun at her during a fight last month.

Elyas Taha, 29, was charged with felony counts of armed violence, aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated domestic battery with strangulation, according to DuPage County prosecutors.

Aurora officers were called around 9:10 a.m. March 25 after shots were fired in the 2600 block of Country Oaks Court on the city’s Far East Side, police officials said in a news release.

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Police allege Taha fired two shots toward a woman he was dating amid an argument that morning. Both shots damaged the driver’s side of the woman’s car, which she was standing next to at the time, police allege.

“Thankfully, no one was struck by a ricocheting bullet and injured or killed,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a news release.

Taha is also accused of hitting the woman several times and choking her for about 15 seconds before firing a gun at the car, according to police.

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Police allege Taha then ran from the area and hid for about 20 minutes before officers found and arrested him.

A DuPage County judge on Monday set Taha’s bond at $500,000. He is due to next appear in court May 13.