Incident

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11-24-2021 Colorado Aurora 1-1

Location

November 24, 2021

900 block of S Addison Way
Aurora, Colorado

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Peyton Blitstein
Age: 17
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Adam Holen
Age: 36
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
Under the influence of alcohol or drugs (only applies to the subject/suspect/perpetrator )
Ghost gun

Notes

Stem from argument; 36yo former Greenwood Village police officer; shooter intoxicated. at least 1 ghost gun

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Handgun

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/teen-17-dies-after-exchanging-gunfire-with-former-greenwood-village-police-officer-aaurora-police-say

URL: https://kdvr.com/news/local/former-greenwood-village-officer-who-shot-killed-teenager-identified/

URL: https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/former-greenwood-village-officer-aurora-shooting-teen-killed/73-21f04eed-e43c-41b3-96d5-9df354afcf3a

URL: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/22/adam-holen-fatal-shooting-aurora/

URL: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/former-officer-charged-in-aurora-teens-death-was-drunk-at-the-time-of-the-shooting-affidavit-states

URL: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/12/23/affidavit-aurora-shooting-adam-holen-admits-pulled-gun-first-says-teen-peyton-blitstein-shot-him/

District

Congressional District: 6
State Senate District: 28
State House District: 36