Suspect in Planned Parenthood shooting in custody

[brooklynite]

Source: Denver Post

COLORADO SPRINGS — Police have detained one suspect following a shooting and standoff at a Planned Parenthood clinic that spanned five hours.

The suspect, a man, was detained at 4:52 p.m. The Colorado Springs mayor's office confirmed on Twitter that the suspect was in custody. He was seen being escorted by police out of the clinic in handcuffs. According to police radio transmissions, the suspect told officers that he acted alone.

The shooting injured at least 11 people, including at least five police officers, after a gunman walked into a Colorado Springs branch of Planned Parenthood on Friday and began shooting. It was unclear whether there were any fatalities.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29172660/colorado-springs-firefighters-respond-active-shooter-at-planned

[hibbing]

1. hmmm

What a contrast, unarmed African Americans are shot and killed walking down the street, but an apparent five hour negotiation situation with this suspect.

Peace

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Was just going to say...

He's still alive so....

[magical thyme]

5. there wasn't a 5 hour negotiation

They weren't able to talk to him until the last few minutes. Throughout the day, he was on the move. At the end he was holed up in a storage room and holding hostages there. They didn't blast their way in because then some or all of the hostages could have been injured or killed.

Most of the day, they were figuring out where he was -- he was on the move and shooting at them any time they had him in sight. They worked around him and evacuated staff and patients one room at a time.

They weren't able to talk to him until they were close enough to shout through the walls of the room he was in. Then he surrendered.

And they were prepared to kill him at any time from the time he came out of the room. They clearly said on the scanner that they'd take him out at the first sign of an ied. And then on the scanner asked if they were in the way of the snipers.

[hibbing]

8. Okay, my bad

[DawgHouse]

12. I was listening to the scanner when they were talking about possible ied

and wanted to make sure they were out of the way of the snipers. Very tense situation.

[James48]

3. KOAA TV now reporting two dead

headline just posted- two dead.

http://www.koaa.com/story/30617365/live-stream-planned-parenthood-shooter-captured

A University of Colorado police officer and one civilian were killed in a shooting and five hour standoff at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs. 11 people were hurt in the shooting, five were police officers.

The suspect has been captured. The streets around Fillmore and Centennial are closed while police search for possible explosive devices.

According to police, officers responded to a shots fired call at Planned Parenthood in the 3400 block of Centennial Blvd. at 11:38 a.m. Friday.

As officers responded, the suspect opened fire, injuring several of them. CSPD says the gunm

[RKP5637]

6. Good news feed. Thanks! n/t

[sadoldgirl]

4. And in this hotbed of conservatism he

will be cheered by many. I bet you that he is proud of what
he has done. The religious fanaticism is becoming
scary. And, in spite of the hurt he caused, CO will still
insist on freedom for gun nuts.

[christx30]

7. No doubt about anything you're saying.

I was reading one of the right wing sites to get the other perspective. One guy was saying that he doesn't give a crap about the lives of PP employees. It sickened me to see that.

[Snow Leopard]

17. Seems like

Religion was the cause in this and thousands of other deaths. Are you prepared to limit that freedom instead?

[niyad]

18. you are correct. the comments on the local news sites has been sickening.

[Ilsa]

9. IF one of the dead was a patient,

what if she was going there to get contraception? Or a pap smear? How can these RWNJs support killing an innocent person because she used PP for healthcare?

[mainer]

11. Or a pregnant woman needing prenatal care?

And the pro-life shooter killed a fetus?

[LiberalArkie]

14. The right will figure "Served them right, they should have gone to the dentist" as

Gov Jindal said.

[onehandle]

10. Second Amendment Remedies. nt

[magical thyme]

13. NYT & CNN reporting 3 dead now -- another civilian

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/us/colorado-planned-parenthood-shooting.html?_r=0

[mcar]

15. ..

[Bigmack]

16. I honestly and truly and deeply believe that

IF he'd been a black man, he would be DEAD. Ms Bigmack