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 a 2½-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.
