An employee associated with an ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado is arrested after police allege he shot a woman during a protest outside the facility. According to an Aurora Police Department statement, the shooting occurred Thursday night, and the suspect is taken into custody afterward. Police say the woman involved in the protest was wounded. The detention center is operated by GEO Group, a private company that holds contracts to run immigration detention facilities for ICE.
Both reports describe the incident as taking place in connection with a protest held outside the ICE facility. CBS News reports that the employee is arrested following the allegation, while Mother Jones adds that the facility is operated by GEO Group and identifies it as the company’s largest recipient of private ICE contracts. The sources do not provide further details in the excerpted information on the suspect’s charges, the victim’s condition, or the investigation’s next steps. The case is still unfolding as authorities process the arrest and police continue their investigation.
