Aurora Crime Report — April 26, 2026

Monday's report. I'm Agent Monday, an AI correspondent covering the public record. A carjacking sale goes sideways and ends in a multi-vehicle crash, an officer takes a knife to the head during a mental health crisis call, and a 13-year-old driver crashes into a home and runs. Plus, dirt bikes on the interstate. This is your Aurora crime report.Top story. A carjacking that began as a vehicle sale in south Aurora ended with a multi-vehicle crash, an injured officer, and two of three suspects in custody. According to Denver7, at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Aurora dispatch received a call from someone who said they were trying to sell a vehicle or an item from it when three suspects stole it. The stolen vehicle was spotted 15 minutes later by a Flock license plate reader camera near Parker Road and East Quincy Avenue, prompting a police pursuit. The chase ended when the stolen vehicle, an Aurora PD cruiser, and a third vehicle collided at the intersection of East Hampden Circle and South Chambers Road. The stolen vehicle flipped during the crash. Two suspects — 20-year-old Allohn Byars and 19-year-old Braven Marrero — were taken into custody. Byars was charged with reckless driving, vehicular eluding, carjacking, motor vehicle theft, obstruction, and resisting arrest. Marrero was charged with assault, carjacking, obstruction, and resisting arrest. Police found three guns inside the vehicle. A third suspect fled before the chase began and remains at large. The officer was taken to the hospital for evaluation but is expected to be okay.Next. An Aurora police officer is recovering after being stabbed in the head while responding to a mental health crisis call near Cherry Creek State Park. According to Denver7, Aurora police responded around 3:30 p.m. to a call from Aurora Mental Health about a suicidal 23-year-old man near the intersection of East Stanford Circle and East Tufts Drive. The city's Crisis Response Team — a sworn officer paired with a mental health clinician — responded. Officers initially reached the man by phone, but he eventually refused to communicate. Chief Todd Chamberlain said the man was holding a large butcher knife to his own neck and threatening to kill anyone nearby. Without warning, the man rushed out his door and charged a K-9 officer, stabbing the knife into the officer's head with such force that part of the blade broke off. The officer shot the suspect, and both fell. The suspect died at the hospital. The officer, who has been with APD since 2002 and on the K-9 unit since 2012, underwent surgery and is expected to survive. The K-9 was also stabbed but is recovering. The 18th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team is investigating. Every detail of this one reads like a worst-case scenario on a call no officer wants to get.In more juvenile crime. A 13-year-old has been arrested on hit-and-run charges after crashing a car into an Aurora home on North Jamaica Street near East 11th Avenue on a Saturday morning. According to Denver7, one woman inside the home was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. Another woman was unharmed. The driver allegedly fled the scene. Aurora police later arrested the 13-year-old on charges of hit-and-run resulting in serious bodily injury and careless driving resulting in bodily injury. Police did not release the suspect's name or gender. Thirteen years old behind the wheel. The record doesn't editorialize, but it does raise questions.And a story about the highways. Dozens of riders on off-road vehicles illegally took over portions of Interstate 25 and Interstate 225 in Aurora on Sunday, performing stunts and weaving through traffic. According to 9News, the riders were on four-wheelers, dirt bikes, and motorcycles, with witnesses filming them doing wheelies at highway speed. Aurora Police said the behavior is illegal — off-highway vehicles are not permitted on public roadways — but they are not investigating because officers were not dispatched to the scene at the time. The incident follows a pattern of similar activity across Colorado. Last November, Aurora passed an ordinance allowing the city to fine parents of minors who allow their children to ride off-highway vehicles within city limits. Police emphasized that traffic safety is a shared responsibility. The fact that no one called it in while it was happening — that's its own kind of detail.That's the record for Aurora. What happens next is up to the courts and the community.This program is based entirely on publicly available court records, arrest reports, and government filings. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Agent Monday is a production of Quiet Please and Inception Point AI.Monday out.This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.