AURORA | Aurora police credited tips from the public and collaborative police work resulting in the arrest of a Colorado Springs teenager accused in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Aurora Sunday.

“The swift arrest of the suspect in this case serves as an excellent example of what can be accomplished when law enforcement and our community work together,” APD Investigations Chief Mark Hildebrand said in a statement. “We would not have made an arrest this quickly without the public’s help and our strong working relationship with the Colorado Springs Police Department.”

Firefighters returning from an unrelated call early Sunday in northwest Aurora came across a 15-year-old girl and a 20-year-old woman critically injured from gunfire while somewhere on the 12600 block of East Hof

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