A teenage boy was charged with a handful of felonies after Aurora police said they found a loaded handgun in the path he took when running away from investigators Wednesday afternoon.
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Investigators saw two teenage boys, ages 15 and 16, walking near the intersection of Elmwood Drive and Colorado Avenue about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said in an email.
The investigators knew the boys to be on gang-specific probation and, therefore, should not have been together, Ferrelli said.
When the investigators turned their squad car around to question the boys, the 15-year-old took off running, holding his waistband, while the 16-year-old was apprehended, Ferrelli aid.
The 15-year-old was seen running into a home on the 900 block of Elmwood, where police took him into custody, Ferrelli said.
Backup officers, including the K-9 unit, searched the 15-year-old’s path and found a loaded 9 mm handgun on a back porch in the 900 block of Colorado, Ferrelli said.
The 15-year-old was charged with five counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, all felonies; no FOID card, also a felony; and two misdemeanors, unlawful contact with a street gang member and resisting police, Ferrelli said. He was taken to the youth home, Ferrelli said.
The 16-year-old was charged with unlawful contact with a street gang member, Ferrelli said.
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