AURORA — In the hours and days that followed the mass shooting at the Century Aurora 16 theater, Mayor Steve Hogan received advice and words of comfort from dozens of leaders nationwide as he grappled with the tragedy.
However, on Sunday, a little more than two weeks after the initial shock of what had happened here, it was Hogan who was on the phone, offering advice to Oak Creek, Wis., Mayor Steve Scaffidi.
Scaffidi was dealing with the results of a the murder of six
killed by police. “It was important to let him know that I had gone through something similar,” Hogan said.
In their brief conversation, Hogan said he advised Scaffidi to be calm and straightforward with the community — advice that Tucson, Ariz., Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and Jonesboro, Ark., Mayor Harold Perrin conveyed to him just days before.
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