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Yesterday Christian Bale, the star of The Dark Knight Rises, spent several hours with some of the victims of the tragic Aurora, Colorado shooting that took place last week. James Holmes killed 12 people and injured 58 others during a midnight screening of the film, and he is currently in custody and waiting to stand trial at Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colorado.

Bill Voloch, the interim president of the Medical Center of Aurora, told the Denver Post that Bale met with five people being treated there and two others brought in from another hospital. “It was good for the patients,” Voloch said. “We hope it was therapeutic for them, and all the staff really appreciated him coming.”

Over the weekend, Bale released the following statement regarding the murders: “Words cannot express the horror that I feel. I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them.”