AURORA, Colo — A shooting that happened at The Edge at Lowry in Aurora Sunday night is listed as a property under CBZ Management. That's the the same company that managed an apartment complex at Colfax Avenue and Nome Street that was recently deemed uninhabitable by the city of Aurora.
The Aurora Police Department (APD) responded to calls of shots fired near 12th Avenue and Dallas Street around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Officers said when they arrived, they found a man with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was later transported to the hospital.
APD's investigation continued into the morning hours with officers still on the scene 12 hours after the shooting occurred. Police said they found numerous shell casings outside The Edge at Lowry apartments at 1218 Dallas Street.
One tenant told 9NEWS he's lived at The Edge for 12 years. He said in the last year, he's noticed an uptick in violence with it becoming a weekly occurrence.
The tenant said he's stayed at the apartment because of the close proximity to his children's school, but he's seen the neighborhood become more dangerous recently.
The city of Aurora said it's been trying to hold CBZ Management accountable for two years for its poor living conditions at the Nome Street apartments. Matt Brown, a city public safety strategic communications spokesperson, said in an email Monday, they have sent notices to the company for several code enforcement violations at its Dallas and 1357 Helena Street apartments in recent years.
Brown continued by saying, "The city is hopeful living conditions will improve at these properties, and that a habitability abatement will not be necessary."
The tenant who spoke to 9NEWS said he's noticed similar issues to the ones that led to the closure of CBZ's Nome Street apartment, including large pileups of trash.
He said the trash at his apartment has not been picked up in two weeks.
Brown said trash cleanup is the responsibility of the property manager and owner, but if a situation becomes a code enforcement violation, the city can step in. City contractors are scheduled for a trash and weed clean up this Thursday at both the Dallas and Nome Street apartments.
In regards to crime and violence, data from the APD transparency portal reports officers have responded to 132 calls for service within a 600-foot radius of the apartments since 2019.
APD said the portal updates every Tuesday at 5 a.m., which means Sunday's shooting is not included. Calls for service detailed in the portal include crimes like theft, arson, assault and burglary. Twenty-one reports were made in the area since the start of the year.
APD said it is still looking for a suspect in the Sunday evening shooting.
A spokesperson for the owner of the property did not have a comment.