Police respond to claims that Hells Angels is coming to Aurora

DENVER (KDVR) – The Aurora Police Department responded to social media claims that the Hells Angel Motorcycle Club is headed to Colorado, and said they “do not believe the posts to be credible.”

Despite this, police told FOX31 they are continuing to monitor the situation.

Posts claiming that Hells Angels was headed to the area began circulating on social media over the weekend.

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The group is an international outlaw motorcycle club that was first founded in California in the mid-20th century. Members of the group have been involved in previous incidents in Colorado, including a deadly shootout between them and a rival gang in 2020 where a ranking Hells Angel member was killed.

Some of the posts said the group was responding to claims that an apartment complex in Aurora had been taken over by the Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua gang.

APD Interim Chief Heather Morris responded to the claims Friday and said gang members had not taken over the complex.

“I’m not saying that there’s not gang members that don’t live in this community,” she said in a video posted to social media. “But what we’re learning out here is that gang members have not taken over this complex.”

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The Denver Police Department also responded to the situation earlier and said it was “not aware” of any apartment buildings in the city being taken over by Tren de Aragua.

“There are reasons to believe that members of this gang are tied to crimes in the area,” a statement posted on Wednesday said. “However, DPD is not aware of any apartment buildings being ‘taken over’ by this gang in Denver.”

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