On the morning of October 2, 2021, an 18-year-old Hispanic man, Angel Isai Ruiz, was shot during a party at a Hyatt House hotel room in Aurora, Colorado. Two men who had arrived at the gathering were expelled from the room after an altercation; one of those men then fired multiple rounds through the closed door. Four people inside were struck. Ruiz was critically wounded, taken to a nearby hospital, and died of his injuries. Three others — a 17-year-old girl, a 22-year-old man, and a 23-year-old man — were wounded and expected to survive.

Aurora police and hotel security detained two suspects shortly after the shooting. Surveillance footage showed Luis Martin Estrada leaving the hallway holding a gun immediately after shots were fired. Estrada was charged with first-degree murder; in May 2023 a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and several related offenses and he received a life sentence. Ruben Angel Mejia-Soto pleaded guilty in May 2022 to harassment and accessory for attempting to hide the gun; he received 30 days in jail, two years probation, and community service.