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Thousands Stand United During Vigil for Aurora Shooting Victims

by KREX News Room
by Cori Coffin

Story Created: Jul 23, 2012 at 12:59 AM MDT

Story Updated: Jul 23, 2012 at 9:17 AM MDT

AURORA, Colo.- Mourners of many beliefs joined together Sunday to remember the 12 killed in the early morning mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado. The crowd chanted "you are not forgotten" as each of the victim's names was spoken.

Rev. Kenneth Berve, pastor at Grant Avenue United Methodist Church and a witness to Friday's horrors, told mourners, "We can't let fear and anger take control of us.''

At another Aurora church, members of an aging Presbyterian congregation within walking distance of suspect James Holmes' apartment joined in prayer. None of them had ever met him. At the church of the suspect's family in San Diego, signs inside asked for prayers for those in Colorado affected by the shooting and for Holmes' family.

Several thousand people gathered as the sun set in Aurora Sunday for a vigil that was also attended by survivors of the Columbine massacre.

They released purple balloons and cheered for police officers who responded to the shooting.

Several pastors spoke, including one who prayed for "the conversion'' of the shooter.

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