Crime & Safety
Sugar Grove Man Faces Multiple Felony Charges For Aurora Shooting: PD
Police were dispatched May 20 to the area around Benton and River streets, where they found a victim with an injured arm, officials said.
AURORA, IL — A Sugar Grove man has been arrested and charged in connection to a shooting May 20 in Aurora, officials said Tuesday evening.
Aurora police arrested 69-year-old Billy Cox Sr. at his residence in the 100 block of Railroad Street and charged him with multiple felonies:
- Aggravated discharge of a firearm
- 2 counts of aggravated battery, public way
- 2 counts of aggravated battery, deadly weapon
- No Firearm Owner Identification Card
- 2 counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon
- Aggravated assault
Officers were dispatched to the area around Benton and River streets at 8:43 a.m. for a disturbance. On the scene, police found a 27-year-old Aurora man with an injured arm. Officials believe the incident to have been isolated and targeted.
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Cox fled the scene before police arrived, according to officials.
Paramedics transported the victim to a local hospital, where he was treated and released, police said.
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