Planned Parenthood Shooting Update: Everything We Know About Tragedy In Colorado Springs That Killed Five People [PHOTO]
A tragic scene unfolded in Colorado Springs just one day after Thanksgiving, after a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic left five people, including one police officer, dead.
A Shooting Occurs At A Planned Parenthood Clinic In Colorado
The scene unfolded at the clinic located on Centennial Boulevard Friday, after a man now identified as 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear barricaded himself inside the clinic and engaged in an hours long standoff with police before surrendering around 5 p.m. MT. By the time the situation ended and Dear was in custody, five people, including police officer Garrett Swasey, and injuring nine others.
Dear has reportedly been cooperating with authorities since his surrender.
However, despite the situation now coming to a close, there are still several unanswered questions and new developments concerning the story. Here's everything we know about the shooting thus far:
Dear's Motive Is Unclear
The motive behind Dear's rampage has not yet been revealed, though many on social media believed that Dear was likely anti abortion and decided to take action for his beliefs.
Dear #PlannedParenthood Shooting Apologists, Say it with me: "I support #Christian terrorism."
— #IStandWithPP (@SensiblySecular) November 28, 2015
Still waiting for a #GOP presidential candidate to call the #PlannedParenthood shooting an "act of terrorism" — Rob (@Rob__USA) November 28, 2015
So as usual, shooter involved in the #PlannedParenthood shooting won't be painted as a terrorist. Had he been... https://t.co/hmYYUIx473
— Maliyka, MPH (@MaliykaisHealth) November 28, 2015
Ironic, isn't it, that those calling themselves #prolife are also #promurder? Killing women to save zygotes. #FAIL #PlannedParenthood — Leftside Annie (@LeftsideAnnie) November 28, 2015
Right wing propagandists no less responsible for #PlannedParenthood shooting than are ISIS counterparts for Paris. Hold them accountable. — Greg Carey (@Greg_Carey) November 28, 2015
2016 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Have Weighed In On The Shootings-But None Of The GOP Candidates Have Addressed it
It has not escaped the notice of many that 2016 Democratic candidate hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley have spoken up about the shooting on social media-but the 14 candidates hoping to secure the Republic nomination, including Carly Fiorina, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush, have all been silent.
Today and every day, we #StandWithPP. https://t.co/oifqTQLx1X
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 27, 2015
We proudly #StandWithPP of Colorado Springs and the brave law enforcement personnel who fought to protect it. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 28, 2015
My thoughts and prayers are with those in Colorado. #StandWithPP — Martin O'Malley (@MartinOMalley) November 28, 2015
Fox News Enraged Many By Reporting The Shooting As A Bank Robbery
The cable news network, which is known for its usually conservative spin, reported that Planned Parenthood was not Dear's original target, and that his spree began at a local Chase Bank, and that the shooting overall was a bank robbery that did not go off as planned.
Catherine Herridge: “We do not have intelligence… that would suggest that there was a specific threat directed towards #PlannedParenthood.”
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 28, 2015
The Situation Has Led To President Obama Calling For More Gun Control Reforms
The President has spoken out against the shooting to say he no longer wants gun violence to be associated with being the normal turn of events in the United States.
"This is not normal. We can’t let it become normal." —@POTUS on the shooting in Colorado pic.twitter.com/BfUkqdLyY8 — The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 28, 2015
