At planned parenthood. We get the latest from nbcs lee an greg. Reporter Colorado Springs police say a gunman who stormed a planned Parenthood Office has been captured alive. But not before killing at least three people, including officer garrett swasey. This is a terrible, terrible tragedy thats occurred here in Colorado Springs today. Obviously we mourn the loss of the two civilian victims, we mourn the loss of a very brave police officer. Reporter the end came nearly five hours after it started. Teams of heavily armed Tactical Police rushed the scene, a Shopping Center where they confronted the shooter and the standoff began with the suspect and Police Firing at each other over the course of several hours. 241, ive been shot. Were pinned down. Were getting active gunfire. Reporter five other officers were wounded with nine people in all injured by the gunman and taken to area hospitals. We saw a lot of individual acts of bravery and a lot of bravery as a team. It was amazing how Law
And two other people in colorado. Robert lewis dear is in custody, he is from south carolina. Nine others including five Colorado Springs Police Officers were shot during that standoff at planned parenthood. We get the very latest now from nbcs leanne greg. Reporter Colorado Springs police say a gunman who stormed a planned Parenthood Office has been captured alive, but not before killing at least three people, including officer garrett swasey. This is a terrible tragedy thats occurred here in Colorado Springs today. Obviously we mourn the loss of the two civilian victims, we mourn the loss of a very brave police officer. Reporter the end came nearly five hours after it started, teams of heavily armed Tactical Police rushed the scene, a Shopping Center where they confronted the shooter and a standoff began with the suspect and Police Firing at each other over the course of several hours. Were pinned down, were getting active gunfire. Reporter five other officers were wounded with nine
Here is the top stories that were following right now. Police say that Robert Lewis Dear is the gunman suspected of killing an officer and two other people at a colorado planned parenthood. He is from south carolina. Nine others including five Colorado Springs Police Officers were shot during the staboff. D. C. Police investigating a string of shootings in southeast. Five people shot in 90 minutes. One victim in critical condition. So far there are no suspects. Today is Small Business saturday. Here is a live look from Old Town Alexandria right now. Weve got early shoppers out there. Experts predict 14 billion in sales will be done this year, special events are being offered in select areas including alexandria, vienna, bethesda, shaw and capitol hill. I love that shot in front of king street city hall and old c this morning. Welcome back to news4 today. Im david culver. And im angie goff. So glad you could join us early on this saturday morning. It looks like weather wise things are o