Police: 3 killed, 9 wounded in attack at Planned Parenthood
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.
A police officer with the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs was among those killed in the rampage, police said. Two civilians also died, and nine other people, including five police officers, were wounded.
A law enforcement official identified the gunman, who was in custody, as Robert Lewis Dear of North Carolina. The official, who had direct knowledge of the case, spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak to the media about the ongoing investigation. No other details about the shooter were immediately available.
Authorities cautioned that they do not know a motive for the attack or whether the shooter had any connection to Planned Parenthood.
