In an efficient response by the Aurora Police Department, a suspect was apprehended within 20 hours following a devastating hit-and-run incident in central Aurora that led to the tragic death of a 16-year-old boy, as posted on their social media page. The Traffic Investigations Unit, backed by community insights and cutting-edge surveillance tech, moved swiftly to make an arrest, recognizing 19-year-old Daveon Javon-James Jackson as the alleged perpetrator behind the fatal collision.
The incident, which occurred late Friday night in Aurora, unfolded when the teenager, riding an electric scooter within the marked bicycle lane, was struck from behind by a vehicle which fled the scene, leaving no eyewitnesses, yet the residents did report a vehicle with a loud exhaust, the car believed to speed from the scene and it's these same descriptions which played a pivotal role in the case's rapid development. Officers relied on the Metropolitan Area's sophisticated MESH and Flock camera technology to trace the suspected vehicle, a blue 2014 Dodge Charger, which they determined had left the city limits post-crash. Tip-offs from the community, particularly two teenagers who had noticed the vehicle's hasty escape, were integral to narrowing the search.
Chief Todd Chamberlain praised the collective efforts stating, "The swift arrest in this case is a credit to our officers and detectives who conducted a thorough and tenacious investigation in pursuit of the person responsible for the tragic and senseless loss of a young member of our community," reports the Aurora Police Department in a social media post. The vehicle was located abandoned at a Denver apartment complex, which led detectives back to Jackson, connecting him to the crime through the vehicle's registration, which matched an Aurora address.
