Last Updated on: 1st November 2022, 06:13 am
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Joseph Castorena is suspected of fatally shooting four people in Aurora early Sunday morning. Colorado police have launched a search for Castorena.
Officers got the call about the shooting around 2 a.m., KDVR reported and arrived within three minutes to find three men and a woman dead.
Three victims were inside the home and another was found outside.
A woman believed to be the suspect’s partner and two “very young” children were found alive and well, the Denver Post reported.
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His current age is 21 years.
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A family member told KUSA Castorena broke into the home and waited for the family to return from a party. Ubaldo Codina identified the three victims at the home: Jesús Serrano, his daughter Mariana Serrano and her husband Ken.
Codino, Mariana’s uncle, said the two young children, a 1-year-old girl, and a 3-month-old girl, are the daughters of Mariana and Ken. Castorena’s partner Codino said she is Mariana’s twin sister.
“He told her he’s going to kill her too,” Codina said.
“But he ran out of balls.”
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Codino said the fourth victim was a man who rented an RV at the property and got out during the shooting.
Police said earlier in the week a restraining order was issued against Castorena, prohibiting her from traveling near her partner’s home, KDPR said.
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Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said the shooting doesn’t appear to be related to a custody battle because the couple’s children “are not even in the state”. They are somewhere else with their families and safe.
“He has a history of domestic violence and … I don’t have all the details,” Oates said.
“There was an accumulation of events that led to this.”
Aurora Police said earlier in the week a restraining order was issued against Castorena, prohibiting her from traveling near her partner’s home, KDPR said.
Police set up makeshift shelters in the neighborhood when officers searched for him without success, including at his family’s home a few blocks from the crime scene. However, his vehicle was found and towed away.
“We have to assume he’s armed. And we are very concerned and we want to do everything we can to find him and stop him as soon as possible,” Acting Police Commissioner Daniel Oates said.
In broad daylight, investigators continued the search with drones on Sunday morning.