Nearly All Injured Aurora Cops Home After Deadly Shooting

AURORA, IL -- Four of the five police officers who were shot in Friday's horrific mass shooting at Henry Pratt Manufacturing have returned home from the hospital. Police officials said one officer, who suffered an injury to a "lower extremity," was in good condition as of Sunday afternoon. They were "hopeful" that he would also be released soon to "begin the healing process" of the physical and emotional wounds left by the deadly shooting.

"We are grateful to report that all but one of our officers have been released to their families where they can begin the healing process," Aurora PD wrote in a Facebook post.

The police department is also offering support services to employees who were impacted by the shooting, including those who responded and those who worked tirelessly throughout the weekend. "Immediate care and counseling services [were] being provided over this weekend, with organized debriefings scheduled later this week," officials wrote.

The names of the injured Aurora officers have been withheld out of respect for their privacy, but Police Chief Kristen Ziman shared the following information about the injured officers in a press conference Saturday:

Officer 1 – Male, 39 years of age with 13 years of service at the Aurora Police Department. This officer suffered a gunshot wound to his lower extremity and is in stable condition at a local hospital.

Officer 2 – Male, 52 years of age with 25 years of service at the Aurora Police Department. This officer suffered a gunshot wound to his upper extremity. He was treated and was to be released Saturday.

Officer 3 – Male, 52 years old with 24 years of service here at the Aurora Police Department, suffered a gunshot wound to the lower extremity. He was treated and released from a local hospital Friday.

Officer 4 - Male, 53 years of age with 30 years of service. This officer also suffered a gunshot wound to the lower extremity and was treated at an area hospital.

Officer 5 - Male, 24 years of age with just under 4 years of service. This officer suffered a series of shrapnel wounds to the upper extremity. He is currently being treated and is in stable condition at a local hospital.

A sixth officer, a 23-year-old with two years of service, sustained a minor injury while responding to the shooting, police said.

Ziman said the officers who were shot were fired upon by the suspected shooter, 45-year-old Gary Martin, moments after they entered the building. She added that several teams of officers arrived at the scene to assist with helping victims and locating Martin, who was later killed during a shootout with Aurora police.

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