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A visitor to the growing memorial to victims of last Friday's mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, walks past a chalk drawing of a heart and the "Batman" logo, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 across the street from the theater, where 12 people were killed and dozens injured when a gunman opened fire last Friday during a late-night showing of the latest Batman movie. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
AURORA | People continue to flock to the memorial to the 12 people killed in the Colorado movie theater shooting.
A visitor to the growing memorial to victims of last Friday’s mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, walks past a chalk drawing of a heart and the “Batman” logo, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 across the street from the theater, where 12 people were killed and dozens injured when a gunman opened fire last Friday during a late-night showing of the latest Batman movie. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A visitor to the growing memorial to victims of last Friday’s mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, walks past a chalk drawing of a heart and the “Batman” logo, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 across the street from the theater, where 12 people were killed and dozens injured when a gunman opened fire last Friday during a late-night showing of the latest Batman movie. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
On Tuesday, visitors included about two dozen people praying in a circle off to the side.
Others left messages on a blank board. They included “Never forgotten, Wisconsin is praying” and “Our true heroes, we love you 303”, a reference to the Denver area code.
The memorial also includes 12 white, wooden crosses, one for each person killed in the shooting, erected by the Illinois man who also put up crosses following the Columbine massacre.
The cross in memory of the youngest victim, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, has a pile of stuffed animals, flowers and a collection of Little Golden children’s books that’s almost as tall as the 3 ½ foot tall cross.
