On November 27, 2015, a shooting and five-hour stand-off with police occurred at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[3] Three people were killed, including a University of Colorado police officer and two civilians.[4] The suspected shooter, identified as Robert Lewis Dear,[2] was captured alive after police convinced him to give himself up.[3] Initial reports described the gunman as "wearing hunting gear and armed with a long gun".[5]
A gunman opened fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado
Springs on Friday, shooting at police from within the building during a
five-hour standoff that ended with his surrender.
Three people, including a police officer, were killed, Colorado Springs Police Department Lt. Catherine Buckley said.
The suspect was identified as Robert Dear, 57, by three law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation.
Nine others, including five Colorado Springs
police officers, were shot and wounded. All nine were in good condition
at area hospitals, Buckley said.
All of the clinic's staff members were "safe and accounted for," Planned Parenthood said in a statement.
"All I can say is my heart's broken," Colorado
Springs Police Chief Peter Carey said Friday night after visiting with
the wounded. "This is a really, really tough situation for a lot of
people in our community, and the community at large."
3 Injured in Shooting Near Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS — A gunman inside a Planned Parenthood
center here was exchanging gunfire with the police, the authorities
said on Friday, wounding at least eight people including four officers.
People in the surrounding buildings, including the clinic, were told to
shelter in place.
