Aurora man charged with murder in Friday shooting Ivan Valles
Updated 1/19/2021 5:07 PM
Correction to a previous version: Authorities say the defendant drove the shooter to and from the shooting.
A 20-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man Friday in Aurora.
Bail was set at $1 million Tuesday for Ivan Valles, of the 500 block of Seventh Avenue in Aurora, according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department.
He is charged with killing Fernando Carapia, 32.
According to a news release from the Kane County State s Attorney s office, Valles drove a car to the 300 block of South Spencer Street around 4:45 p.m. Someone got out of the car and fired several gunshots, killing Carapia. The shooter got back in to the car.
Man in critical condition after Aurora shooting
Posted12/31/2020 1:00 AM
Aurora police are investigating a shooting late Tuesday that left an unidentified man in critical condition.
Police officials said they were notified of the shooting at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 1000 block of Second Avenue. While officers were responding more 911 calls were made notifying police about a vehicle crash in the same area where the driver appeared to have been shot.
Officers soon discovered a man in the driver s seat of a crashed vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition, authorities said.