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Mugshot of the suspect from this morning's Manslaughter case at the Bella Terra Apartments
PHOTO: Abdiel Vigil (DOB: 04/17/1982)
Lieutenant Chris Amsler
Commanding Officer
Media Relations Unit
720.432.5095
Information originally released on July 14th, 2020
On July 13th at around 11:25p.m. Aurora Police responded to a report of a shooting at the Bella Terra Apartments located at 15400 East Evans Avenue.
Upon arrival officers found an adult male in a breezeway of one of the apartment building suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died from his injury. An adult male acquaintance who was with the victim at the time of the shooting, Abdiel Vigil (DOB: 04/17/1982) was taken into custody at the scene.
The preliminary investigation into this shooting found that Vigil and the victim were playing with a gun owned by Vigil, the gun discharged striking the victim in the chest and killing him.
The name of the victim will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office once he has been positively identified and next of kin have been notified.
Vigil was arrested for Manslaughter (Colorado Revised Statue 18-3-104) and is being held on a $25,000 bond. Once he has been booked into the Aurora Detention Center a mugshot will be available for release.
Lieutenant Chris Amsler
Commanding Officer
Media Relations Unit
720.432.5095
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