Crime & Safety

Man Fatally Shot In Aurora: Police

Police say the victim, Rene Ibarra, 24, was sitting in his car when he was shot multiple times.

AURORA, IL — A 24-year-old Aurora man is dead after he was shot multiple times while sitting in a car outside his home on the city's Near east side Friday night. The victim, Rene Ibarra, of the 200 block of N. Union St., was in his car with another man, 21, when a man with a handgun approached the vehicle and fired several shots into the car, hitting Ibarra.

Police say the suspect then got into a light-colored, SUV "similar to a Cadillac Escalade" and fled north on Union before turning east on Liberty.

Ibarra was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

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Police do not have a suspect description at the moment. They say they are not ruling out that the incident could be gang-related.

Anyone who has information on this homicide is urged to contact Aurora Police at 630-256-5500 or Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000.

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