Aurora couple terrified after 2 nights of drive-by shootings that killed their cat

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) – A terrified Aurora couple is coming to the FOX31 Downside Solvers after waking as much as bullets flying by their residence two mornings in a row.

The couple lives within the Cinnamon Village One group in Aurora. They are saying they’ve lived in the identical residence for years and by no means had a problem earlier than.

Then, on each Monday and Tuesday morning at round 2 a.m., two drive-by shootings left virtually 30 bullet holes and 9mm casings round their residence. A few of these bullets hit and killed their 13-year-old cat, Callie.

“After the taking pictures was over, I went downstairs on my knees as a result of I didn’t wish to have any silhouette or something of being shot at after which we discovered our cat had been killed by among the rounds,” the husband, who’s asking to stay nameless for his security, mentioned. 

Whereas the couple is terrified for his or her lives, they wish to warn neighbors about what’s occurred.

“We don’t socialize fairly often, we don’t exit that a lot and we keep to ourselves, I don’t know why that is occurring,” the sufferer and husband mentioned. “I simply needed individuals to beware on this space that there’s one thing actually fallacious occurring, why they’d come out right here and do that within the wee hours within the morning when individuals are defenseless.”

One neighbor’s footage obtained by the FOX31 Downside Solvers captures the sounds of bullets hitting the house and a number of vehicles, nevertheless it doesn’t present the automotive driving by or any suspects taking pictures.

As Aurora Police Division searches for a suspect, investigators are asking anybody with data, or surveillance footage to contact the Denver Metro Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867). The victims say the shootings occurred between 1:45 a.m. and a pair of a.m. on each Monday and Tuesday.

In concern of getting struck the third evening in a row, the couple goes to remain elsewhere for now. They’re additionally contemplating looking for one other house in Aurora.