The City of Aurora has threatened to shut down a second troubled apartment complex with a history of activity from a Venezuelan gang if the property management company fails to take control of the situation.

The Edge at Lowry complex, comprised of six buildings at 12th and Dallas, have been abandoned by CBZ Management LLC, according to a letter sent to its attorneys by city attorney Pete Schulte.

It’s the second of three Aurora properties owned by CBZ Management that have been the subject of intense scrutiny following reports of beatings, shootings, threats and intimidation allegedly by the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan, which has gained a foothold in metro Denver.

Aurora police have confirmed the presence of Venezuelan gang members at The Edge.

In his letter to CBZ Management, Schulte gave CBZ until the week of Oct. 14 to either manage the six buildings at 12th and Dallas itself or bring in another “bonafide” property management company to take over.

The letter tagged Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain and Aurora City Manager Jason Batchelor, among others.

If the company ignores the letter, the city will take the issue to municipal court and begin the process to abate the property, the letter said.

The notice was sent to CBZ’s Denver law firm.

“The City of Aurora, Colorado has been informed repeatedly by you that your client(s) are unable to retain a property management company due to the crime occurring at these properties. For the last several weeks, no agents of your client(s) or a property management company have been on site at these properties providing necessary administrative and property management services,” the letter said.

One man was killed in a shooting near the apartments Aug. 18 and a video which went viral captured six men arriving and eventually entering an apartment unit there just hours before the shootout. In the video, captured by a neighbor’s doorbell camera, one man was armed with a long rifle, while others appeared to be carrying handguns as they banged on doors.

Wanted: two more suspects

On Monday afternoon, authorities in Arapahoe County activated arrest warrants for two of the six men seen in the video. Law enforcers are looking for Edilson Yoel Pena-Angulo, 25, and Danyeer Aramillo-Meneses, 23, on charges of first-degree burglary and menacing with a firearm, both felony offenses.

Five of the six suspects have now been identified, Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan said. Of those five, four are at large. Moylan said that one, Naudi

Lopez-Fernandez, 21, is in custody.

So far, none of the six suspects involved in the Aug. 18th video had been confirmed as gang members, Aurora police said.

The Edge

Besides the alleged criminal activity, The Edge is in disrepair.

A visit to the complex showed discovered broken windows, overflowing trash, and residents who complained that no one was doing repairs, despite the fact that they had paid rent.

The scene was reminiscent of how CBZ’s Aspen Grove apartments looked before the city of Aurora started clamping down.

In August, 300 people were evicted from the Aspen Grove apartments in an urgent dispossession that officials claimed was for the safety of the residents. Mountains of trash had overflowed into the parking lot, which brought rodents. Residents also complained of heat issues, water leaks, broken windows and burned out kitchens.

The city boarded up and fenced off the complex, which is located at 1568 Nome, after evicting residents. In its final weeks before it was evacuated, squatters moved into the the Aspen Grove apartments and took over the lobby.

Initially, local officials dismissed the assertion by the property management company that the presence of gang