Obama offers comfort after Colorado shooting
Source: AP-Excite
By JULIE PACE
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - President Barack Obama on Sunday sought again to provide comfort to hurting and grieving families, sweeping into Colorado to privately console relatives of the victims gunned down in a movie theater. The massacre left 12 people dead, dozens injured and a nation in stunned sorrow.
Air Force One touched down at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora late Sunday afternoon for the Obama's hastily arranged 2 1/2-hour visit.
A short time later, Obama began his visit with the family members at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, which treated 23 of the people injured in the mass shooting; 10 remain there, seven hurt critically. The hospital is a short drive from the site of the shooting.
Obama was expected to make a statement to the press later Sunday night.
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President Barack Obama greets Aurora (Colo.) Police Chief Daniel Oates, as Mayor Steve Hogan, right, watches after Obama arrived at at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., Sunday, July 22, 2012. Obama is traveling to Aurora to visit with families of victims of the movie theater shooting as well as local officials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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