Just two days after the tragic shootings at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado, Christian Bale has released a statement expressing his sadness towards the horrible occurrence.

While en route from Paris with the rest of his co-stars, the 38-year-old star of the Batman trilogy wrote, "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."

It was an exciting evening for Batman fans in Denver, Colorado last night (July 19) until a masked gunman showed up at a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

According to police, the alleged shooter gunned down twelve people (including a six-year-old child), with another fifty people being taken to the hospital with injuries.

It boasts one of the most star-studded casts around, and they'll all be on hand for the world premiere of their film "The Dark Knight Rises" in New York City this evening (July 16).