Obama makes first comments on Trayvon Martin shooting (NY Times, with video clip from MSNBC)

He was very careful not to imply any pre-judgement of the case, but expressed his sense that it was a tragedy that required full investigation.

"I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this," Mr. Obama said. "All of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen."
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"Obviously, this is a tragedy. I can only imagine what these parents are going through," Mr. Obama said, his face grim. "When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids."
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"You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Mr. Obama said, pausing for a moment. "I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened."

~ Becky in Tucson