Images from the Aurora, Colo., memorials
People console each other at a vigil across from the Century 16 theatre east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight.
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Melissa Clark, left, and Nathan Mendonca, both 18 and from Aurora, Colo., look on during a vigil across from the Century 16 theatre east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight.
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Less than 24 hours after 12 people were killed and dozens shot, Alicia Pervette stands across the street, holding a candle in memorial of the victims., Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight.
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Tom Thornton leads his 8-year-old daughter McKenna along police lines to leave flowers or victims of the mass shooting at the Century 16 theatre east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. Thornton, a native of Aurora, said that he attended many movies shown at the theatre. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight.
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People hold American flags at a vigil, Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight.
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As night falls, candles sit iluminated along the sidewalk in front of a makeshift memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at the Century 16 theatre east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight.
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Nathan Mendonca, 18, right, comforts, his girlfriend Melissa Clark, 18. Residents gathered for the Memorial service of shooting at the parking of Kaiser Permanente in Aurora, CO. Friday, July 20, 2012. A gunman burst into the emergency exit door of a theater and shot 71 people, killing at least 12, at a midnight premiere of the new Batman movie Friday.
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People attending a candle-light prayer gathering surround a a group of candles and U.S. flags, Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo., across the street from the movie theater where a gunman killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of others Friday in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history.
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Residents gathered for the Memorial service of shooting at the parking of Kaiser Permanente in Aurora, CO. Friday, July 20, 2012. A gunman burst into the emergency exit door of a theater and shot 71 people, killing at least 12, at a midnight premiere of the new Batman movie Friday.
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People attending a candle-light prayer gathering sit comfort each other, Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo., across the street from the movie theater where a gunman killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of others Friday in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history.
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Just before dawn, a teddy bear, American flags and candles form a makeshift memorial in a field across the street from the Century Theater, Saturday, July 21, 2012, the day after alleged shooter James Holmes killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more at a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises Batman movie, in Aurora, Colo.
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From left, Tylecia Amos, 14, Shatyra Amos, 15, Michael Walker, 17, and Mykia Walker, 16, carry flowers to lay at a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century Theater parking lot, Saturday, July 21, 2012, the day after James Holmes killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more at a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises Batman movie, in Aurora, Colo. Michael Walker is a classmate of A.J. Boik, an unconfirmed casualty in the shooting.
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Isaac Pacheo, who said he was a good friend of theater shooting victim Alex Sullivan, is comforted, Saturday, July 21, 2012, as he visits a memorial near the movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, Dark Knight Rises. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24.
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Shelly Fradkin, the mother of a friend of shooting victim Alex Sullivan, looks at a birthday card for Sullivan placed at a makeshift memorial across from the Century 16 theatre east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24.
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Photographs of theater shooting victim Alex Sullivan are shown, Saturday, July 21, 2012, at a memorial near the movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24.
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