BISMARCK, N.D. – Governor Jack Dalrymple today has asked that all U.S. and North
Dakota flags be flown at half-staff until sunset Wednesday, July 25 in tribute to
the victims of the deadly mass shooting in Aurora, Colo.

“At the President’s request and out of respect for the victims of the senseless act of violence in Aurora, I ask that U.S. and North Dakota flags be flown at half-staff until sunset Wednesday,” Dalrymple said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those lost and injured in this terrible tragedy.”

President Obama has ordered that U.S. flags on government grounds be flown at half-staff through sunset Wednesday.