Overview
- A GEO Group employee fired one round toward two protesters on July 16 and struck 21-year-old Emma Landis in the foot during demonstrations outside the Aurora ICE processing center.
- An Aurora SWAT officer witnessed the shooting and stopped the employee shortly after, and he has remained in custody on a high bond since his arrest.
- The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office dropped earlier attempted murder counts on July 22 and charged the employee with first-degree assault and attempted first-degree assault.
- Arrest affidavits and cell phone video show the employee said he had no formal weapons training, that he fired to scare protesters after perceiving threats to his children, and that protesters had recorded license plates.
- GEO Group placed the worker on unpaid administrative leave and said it will cooperate with investigators as protests at the facility continue and scrutiny grows over contractor training and oversight.