The New York Police Department released the following statement in the aftermath of the shooting at the Aurora, Colorado movie theater, which killed 12 people and injured dozens. The killer was a 24-year-old man. The film was a midnight showing of the new Batman movie.

“As a precaution against copycats and to raise the comfort levels among movie patrons in the wake of the horrendous shooting in Colorado, the New York City Police Department is providing coverage at theaters where the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is playing in the five boroughs.”