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Friday, July 17, 2026

An employee of The GEO Group, the private-prison company that operates the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora, has been arrested in connection with a shooting of a woman outside the facility Thursday night, Aurora police said. Brandon Booth, 42, was arrested on suspicion of charges that include attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and felony menacing, according to an Aurora Police Department release. The shooting occurred just outside the facility on Nome Street, where the victim had been among a group of demonstrators participating in a protest against ICE detention.

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... An employee of The GEO Group, the private-prison company that operates the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora ...

Murder for profit?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-17 08:22 PM | Reply

Good on local LEO for arresting that piece of s*&^. Hopefully the charges can stick without feds interfering.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-07-17 11:02 PM | Reply

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