Aurora investigators are searching for a Denver man wanted in connection to a July shooting that left one victim dead and another in the hospital, police said.
An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month for 32-year-old Bryant Jay Beecher of Denver, but the man hasn’t been arrested, according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department.
Beecher is wanted on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, police said.
Investigators originally believed that the two victims shot each other but later said a pair of unrelated suspects came into the Abrigo Apartments around 12:15 a.m. on July 5 and shot both victims.
The apartment complex is in the 12100 block of East 30th Avenue, near Peoria Street and down the road from Park Lane Elementary School.
The Adams County Coroner’s Office said 57-year-old Fred Willis of Aurora died from his injuries at the scene and the second victim, an unidentified 46-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. The second man survived, coroner officials said.
Anyone with information on Beecher or his whereabouts is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
Police said the second shooting suspect, 53-year-old John Edwards, was arrested in Texas in September, taken back to Colorado and charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in Adams County District Court.
Edwards is next scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 17, according to court records. He remains in Adams County custody on a $1.25 million bail.
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