AURORA | An Aurora police officer fatally shot an unidentified man Saturday evening when a physical altercation erupted between the two as the officer was investigating a car crash the man was allegedly involved in.

The car-crash and subsequent shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on East Sixth Avenue at about Billings Street as numerous cars rolled past and witnesses inside and outside of cars watched events unfold, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain told reporters at a press conference Saturday night.

“The one thing that’s important to me to make sure that everybody understands is that this was not a singular event.,” Chamberlain said. “There were multiple things that occurred.”

The officer involved in the shooting was working a Labor Day Weekend DUI saturation patrol yesterday in

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