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Suspect in deadly Aurora shooting identified

Travon Sanders, 32, was arrested Friday evening and is being held for the charge first-degree murder, according to a news release from Aurora Police.
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The suspect taken into custody after a deadly shooting in was identified by police Saturday afternoon.

Travon Sanders, 32, was arrested Friday evening and is being held for the charge first-degree murder, according to a news release from Aurora Police.

Sanders was taken into custody shortly after the shooting in the 1300 block of N. Sable Boulevard in Aurora. The unidentified victim was rushed to a local hospital where they later died.

The shooting was the third in a matter of hours in Aurora.

The shooting, the third in a matter of hours in Aurora, is now being investigated as a homicide, Aurora Police said.

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Another shooting broke out at the Town Center at Aurora when three men got into a fight and then one starting shooting, allegedly grazing one.

Police also said a woman was shot during an attempted robbery at a grocery store on Peoria Street. A bystander intervened and shot the suspect, who fled and was later captured.

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