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Woman Injured, Suspect Detained After Shooting Near Colorado ICE Facility
A woman was shot Thursday night near the ICE detention facility on the 3100 block of Nome Street in Aurora, Colorado, and a man was detained as a potential suspect.[1]
Aurora police said the woman's injuries were not life-threatening.[1] The shooting happened outside the GEO Group-operated ICE facility and reportedly followed the conclusion of a weekly protest.[1]
On July 14, the FBI opened a separate investigation after gunfire damaged windows at an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations building in Phoenix, Arizona; no injuries were reported in that incident.[1]
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- On Thursday night, July 16, 2026, a woman was shot near the ICE detention facility on the 3100 block of Nome Street in Aurora, Colorado.
- Aurora police said her injuries were not life-threatening and that a man was detained for questioning as a potential suspect.
- The shooting occurred outside, not inside, the GEO Group–operated ICE facility and reportedly followed the conclusion of a weekly protest.
- The FBI is also investigating a separate July 14 incident in which gunfire damaged windows at an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations building in Phoenix, Arizona, with no injuries reported.
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