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Ashburn Honors Colorado Victims

Flags will be flying at half-mast through Wednesday to honor those who were lost.

Flags across Northern Virginia and the rest of the country will be flying at half-mast through Wednesday to honor the victims of the movie theater shooting in Aurora, CO. The lowering applies to the flags of the United States, individual states, and county and city governments. Pictured here are the Loudoun, Virginia and U.S. flags in the Ashburn community of Belmont Greene.

At the midnight showing of the  at a Colorado theater on Friday, someone, believed to be a 24-year-old man now in custody, attacked a packed movie theater, killing several people and wounding dozens more.

The suspect in the shootings headed to court on Monday and faces several charges of first-degree murder.

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office joined law enforcement agencies across the country that .

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Jim June 18, 2013 at 11:22 am
Doug was a coach in Dulles Little League for many years and the entire DLL community sends itsRead More thoughts and prayers to Barbara, Chris and all of Doug's family and friends. Thank you, Payne family, for sharing Doug with us. May he rest in peace.