Aurora shooting: Man dies weeks after shooting

Officers found Mario Palacios, 18, with gunshot wounds in the driver’s seat of a car after crashing in the 1000 block of Second Avenue, police said.

Two people were killed in a vehicle crash Jan. 23, 2021, after the vehicle they were in fled from police in suburban Aurora. — Mario Palacios, 18, died Jan. 11, 2021, after being shot weeks earlier in Aurora.

An Aurora man died two weeks after he was shot in December in suburban Aurora.

About 8:30 p.m., Dec. 29, officers found Mario Palacios, 18, with gunshot wounds in the driver’s seat of a car after crashing in the 1000 block of Second Avenue, Aurora police said in a statement.

On Monday, Palacios died of his injuries at Loyola University Medical Center, police said.

Detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Aurora detectives at 630-256-5500.

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Officers found Mario Palacios, 18, with gunshot wounds in the driver’s seat of a car after crashing in the 1000 block of Second Avenue, police said.