The Journal

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide now until sunset April 1 to honor and remember the victims of the shooting at the King Soopers grocery store at the Table Mesa Shopping Center in Boulder. Flags will be lowered for 10 days to remember each of the 10 people who lost their lives.

“This loss is especially painful for the friends and family members left behind,” Polis said in a prepared statement. “As Governor, I offer my special condolences to all of those who suffered loss, but this is truly a loss for all of us, and we mourn the ten who died as a state and a nation. This has been a painful year, and we sit here once again surrounded by seemingly incomprehensible loss. We can never let ourselves become numb to this pain, because we simply can’t let this be accepted as anything close to a normal occurrence. We know there will be many hard days in the weeks and months ahead, but today let us remember the ten men and women who are no longer with us,” said Governor Jared Polis.

President Biden also issued a proclamation today ordering all flags lowered to half-staff in remembrance of the victims of yesterday’s shooting in Boulder. See the full text of President Biden’s proclamation below: