Terrorist Kills Cop And 2 Others In Planned Parenthood Attack[Picture]

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The man who allegedly killed an officer and two civilians had been charged with animal cruelty in 2002.

t 11:38 AM on Friday, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) was notified of an active shooter situation at the local Planned Parenthood clinic. According to a suspect description relayed over the police scanner, the shooter was a white man with a “white beard,” wearing a long coat and a hunting hat with flaps on the side. The man allegedly behind the shooting was later identified as Robert Lewis Dear, 57.

According to court records, Dear was charged in 2002 with cruelty to animals, but was found not guilty. That same year, in South Carolina, he was charged with peeping tom, eavesdropping, or peeping, but the charges were dismissed.

As of Saturday morning all items brought to the scene by the suspect have been secured and processed, the Colorado Springs Police Department Public Information Officer told The Daily Beast. They are all no longer deemed a threat. However the department is not currently willing to publicly name any of those items. In addition, the department says it may take days for charges, as the scene itself could take several days for investigation.

After the shooter had been apprehended, CSPD spokesperson Lieutenant Catherine Buckley conveyed the tragic news: one University of Colorado police officer and two civilians were dead. Several more had been injured. What occurred in the interim was a horrific, hours-long standoff between the armed man inside the clinic and police outside of it. SOURCE