The governor’s office said received 52 claims from victims of the Aurora movie theater massacre by late Thursday afternoon, the Nov. 1 deadline to file for a share of the $5 million relief fund.

Additional claims postmarked by Thursday will still be accepted, spokesman Eric Brown said.

The shooting July 20 by a lone gunman during a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” took 12 lives and injured at least 58 people. Soon after, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Community First Foundation set up the Aurora Victim Relief Fund.

The claims, arriving by mail, hand delivery, fax and email, have come from potential claimants in all categories — families of the deceased and those permanently paralyzed or with severe brain injuries.

Special fund master Ken Feinberg, recruited by Hickenlooper to determine payment protocols, announced Oct. 15 that, depending on the final fund balance Nov. 15, the families of the dead and the three victims with life-altering brain damage or paralysis would receive the same share of 70 percent of the fund — or roughly $200,000 each.

The more than 50 wounded will be be compensated based on lengths of hospital stays.

Of the 52 claims received so far, Brown said, three were duplicates. By close of business tomorrow, all claimants will receive notification their claims have been received, he said.

Feinberg said the money will be disbursed as soon as possible after Nov. 15.

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