Aurora Man Injured In Holiday Weekend Shooting: Police

AURORA, IL — A victim of an Aurora shooting was airlifted to a hospital over the weekend, in one of two Saturday shootings, according to a press release from Aurora Police. Dec. 23, at 37- year-old Aurora man was seriously wounded after he was shot inside his home around 11:15 Saturday night at the 1100 block of Superior Street.

Police said the shooting happened after the victim and another man had a verbal altercation, which prompted the other man to pull out a handgun and fire several shots before leaving the house. Police are pursuing several leads. The victim's wounds appear to be non-life threatening, police said, even though he was taken to an Aurora hospital, then airlifted to another suburban hospital.

Earlier that night at around 9:55, a 38-year-old Chicago man said he was shot while riding his bicycle near the 1300 block of Monomoy Street. Police said the man claimed to have seen two men appear from around the corner of an apartment building and one of them fired several shots at him. The victim ran for cover toward the back of a vehicle, police said. Nothing appeared to be hit by gunfire. The man said the suspect with the gun was black, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants, and the second man was dressed in all dark clothing.

Police are encouraging anyone with information to come forward. Crime Stoppers does guarantee anonymity, and can be reached at 630-892-1000.

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