An Aurora municipal judge granted an emergency order to close the troubled Edge of Lowry apartments, finding the property presents “an imminent threat to public safety and welfare,” city officials said Monday.

An Aurora, Colorado, judge ordered the closure of the Edge at Lowry apartments on Tuesday, a complex at the center of violent gang crime.

The City of Aurora is moving forward with plans to close The Edge at Lowry apartment complex at 12th and Dallas after a municipal judge in Colorado granted an emergency order.

Aurora city officials are seeking an emergency court order to immediately close the troubled Edge of Lowry apartment complex, claiming the property “presents an immediate threat to public safety and welfare,

The City of Aurora is trying to turn the page on a national embarrassment by closing down an infamous apartment complex and charging nine people for a recent kidnapping that took place there. Aurora law enforcement and city officials have been trying to put out a public relations fire started by CBZ Management since August,