Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin said, "It's a shame that mass shootings such as this have become commonplace in our country that a cold and heartless offender would be so selfish as to think he has the right to take an innocent life.
奧羅拉市長理查德·歐文（Richard Irvin）表示：「很遺憾的，如此的大型槍擊案已在我們的國家變得平常，冷酷和無情的兇手認為有權殺害無辜平民的想法使其十分自私。