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49-year-old man arrested in Aurora shooting that injured woman Sunday

The victim is expected to survive.

AURORA, Colo. — A man was arrested Sunday following the shooting of a woman in Aurora earlier in the morning.

The Aurora Police Department (APD) first tweeted about the shooting at 3:23 a.m. Sunday. 

APD said a woman was injured in a shooting in the 14000 block of east Iowa Drive and was transported to an area hospital with injuries that weren't believed to be life threatening.

The police department said there was a person detained in their initial tweet.

At 2:15 p.m. Sunday, APD again tweeted the identification who the man they arrested.

He's identified as Fernando Magana-Plancarte, 49.

He facing charges of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment. 

No other information on the shooting has been released, but APD said in their first tweet that the victim was expected to survive.

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