Nov 28, 2015

A gunman opened fire inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, engaging in gun battles with authorities during an hourslong standoff that killed three people and wounded nine others, officials said. The suspect was arrested Friday and identified as Robert Lewis Dear of North Carolina. –Tribune wire reports

: Police confer at an intersection near the scene of a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. A gunman opened fire at the clinic on Friday, authorities said, wounding multiple people. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

: An armored police vehicle transports hostages to safety during an active shooter situation outside a Planned Parenthood facility where an active shooter reportedly injured up to eleven people, including at least five police officers, on November 27, 2015 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Police are working to clear the scene and are searching the building for possible explosive devices. (Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

: District Attorney Dan May addresses the media during an active shooter situation outside a Planned Parenthood facility where an active shooter reportedly injured up to eleven people, including at least five police officers, on November 27, 2015 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Police are working to clear the scene and are searching the building for possible explosive devices. (Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

: People are escorted away after a deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. A gunman opened fire at the clinic on Friday, authorities said, wounding multiple people. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP)

: A law enforcement officer secures a perimeter near a deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. A gunman opened fire at the clinic on Friday, authorities said, wounding multiple people. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP)

: Colorado Springs, Colo., Mayor John Suthers, second from left, talks to media after a deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP)

: A small shack with no electricity or running water where where Planned Parenthood clinic shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear spent time, is shown Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, about a half-mile up a twisty dirt road near Black Mountain, N.C. North Carolina neighbors of Dear say he was quiet and when he did speak, he didn’t appeared to be all there. Neighbors also say he didn’t talk about religion or abortion. Dear also spent time in a trailer in the nearby town of Swannanoa. (AP Photo/Michael Biesecker)

: Police investigate at a Planned Parenthood clinic and area around the building north of a strip mall early Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, in northwest Colorado Springs, Colo. A gunman who opened fire inside a Planned Parenthood clinic was arrested Friday after engaging in gun battles with authorities during an hourslong standoff that killed three people and wounded nine others, officials said. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

: The Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo. shows the signs of Friday’s standoff as law enforcement officers continue the investigation on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, following yesterday’s shooting. The suspect, Robert Lewis Dear, surrendered to law enforcement and is now in police custody. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP)

: Officer Sandor Csikesz of the Colorado Springs Police Department guards the parameter as law enforcement officers continue the investigation on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, following Friday’s shooting. The suspect, Robert Lewis Dear, surrendered to law enforcement and is now in police custody. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP)

: King Soopers on Centennial Boulevard is still closed following yesterday’s shooting at the nearby Planned Parenthood clinic while law enforcement officers continue the investigation on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 in Colorado Springs, Colo. The suspect, Robert Lewis Dear, surrendered to law enforcement and is now in police custody. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP)

: Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, speaks with reporters as law enforcement officers continue the investigation on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, following Friday’s’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo. The suspect, Robert Lewis Dear, surrendered to law enforcement and is now in police custody. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP)

: A Colorado Springs Police vehicle collects snow on its shattered back window following Friday’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 . Law enforcement officers continue the investigation on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, following the arrest of the suspect, Robert Lewis Dear, who is now in police custody. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP)

: A cross made of twigs is on the side of a small shack with no electricity or running water Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, about a half-mile up a twisty dirt road near Black Mountain, N.C., where Planned Parenthood clinic shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear spent time. North Carolina neighbors of Dear say he was quiet and when he did speak, he didn’t appeared to be all there. Neighbors also say he didn’t talk about religion or abortion. Dear also spent time in a trailer in the nearby town of Swannanoa.
|| CREDIT: MICHAEL BIESECKER – AP PHOTO

Aftermath of Colorado’s Planned Parenthood shooting

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