3 killed, 9 wounded in attack at Colorado women’s healthcare centre

A gunman who opened fire inside a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic was arrested Friday after engaging in gun battles with authorities during an hours-long standoff that killed three people and wounded nine others, officials said.

Two people and a police officer with the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs were killed in the rampage.

Nine other people, including five police officers, were shot at, the police said.

Authorities said they haven’t determined a motive or whether the shooter had any connection to Planned Parenthood, a national women’s healthcare provider that offers abortions at some clinics.

Planned Parenthood released a statement that said it did not know the full circumstances or motives behind the attack, or whether the organisation was the target.

For several hours, the firing of a long gun was the only indication police had that the shooter was in the building, Ms. Buckley said. Officers finally made voice contact by shouting to him and convinced him to surrender, she said.

The suspect surrendered about five hours after entering the building.

With the immediate threat over, authorities turned their attention to inspecting unspecified items the gunman left outside the building and carried inside in bags.

Three officers were shot at while responding just before noon to the initial report of shots fired. More than two hours later, the gunman shot another officer in an exchange with police inside the clinic, she said.

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