Barack Obama, the US president, has told families of the victims of the Aurora cinema shooting massacre that the whole country is thinking of them.
Obama arrived at Buckley Air Force Base on Air Force One around 3:30pm (21:30 GMT) on Sunday. He first visited the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora to console survivors and families of victims.
The president said he shared hugs and tears and vowed that "out of darkness a brighter day is going to come".
Obama's visit comes as investigators are deepening a probe into James Holmes, the man accused of planning and carrying out the attack, which killed 12 and injured 58.
Obama arrived at Buckley Air Force Base on Air Force One around 3:30pm (21:30 GMT) on Sunday. He first visited the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora to console survivors and families of victims.
The president said he shared hugs and tears and vowed that "out of darkness a brighter day is going to come".
Obama's visit comes as investigators are deepening a probe into James Holmes, the man accused of planning and carrying out the attack, which killed 12 and injured 58.
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He is alleged to have opened fire during a packed Batman premiere of The Dark Knight Rises shortly after midnight on Friday, dressed in black and wearing body armour and a gas mask.
Holmes, currently being held in solitary confinement for his own safety, is reported not to be co-operating with authorities.
Dan Oates, Aurora police chief, said Holmes had "lawyered up" and is not talking.
Thousands have gathered for a vigil, organised by civic, community and religious leaders, in front of Aurora City Hall on Sunday.
Holmes, currently being held in solitary confinement for his own safety, is reported not to be co-operating with authorities.
Dan Oates, Aurora police chief, said Holmes had "lawyered up" and is not talking.
Thousands have gathered for a vigil, organised by civic, community and religious leaders, in front of Aurora City Hall on Sunday.
"We can now start the natural process of grieving and healing," Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan said at a memorial late on Saturday for one young shooting victim: "We're still reeling".
On Saturday, local and federal authorities disarmed explosives in Holmes' booby-trapped apartment.
A small boom from a "controlled detonation" could be heard by reporters outside the apartment block and pieces of debris were blown out of one of the windows through which police had been assessing the booby-trap set-up inside.
"Police reached one of those explosive devices, but they did not feel comfortable disabling [it] so they had a controlled explosion, which was heard around the area," said Al Jazeera's John Hendren, reporting from Colorado.
"It sounds like [the suspect] had a web of tripwires and explosives that made things very difficult and dangerous for police when they went in inside."
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