Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter’s cause of death revealed
The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others a decade ago in a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs died from congestive heart failure and related physiological conditions according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Robert Dear died Nov at the U S Medicinal Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield Missouri In addition to heart failure Dear had too much fluid in his body and low oxygen levels in his blood according to the Bureau of Prisons Dear was accused of attacking the Planned Parenthood clinic on Nov Agents considered he intended to wage war on the clinic because the staff performed abortions He arrived armed with four SKS rifles five handguns two more rifles a shotgun and more than rounds of ammunition according to the U S Attorney s Office More than two dozen people who were inside the clinic at the time hid until they could be rescued by law enforcement according to prosecutors Dear fired rounds in the attack and tried to blow up propane tanks to take out police vehicles during a five-hour standoff Related Articles Robert Dear shooter in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood attack dies in federal custody Federal development against Planned Parenthood shooting suspect stalls despite mandatory medication Mentally ill man charged in Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting can be forcibly medicated Admitted Planned Parenthood killer Robert Dear indicted by federal grand jury in rampage Psychologists say Boulder King Soopers shooting suspect isn t competent to stand trial Here s what that means Those killed were Ke Arre Stewart Jennifer Markovsky and Garrett Swasey a campus police officer who responded to the clinic after hearing there was an progressing shooter Dear had been in state or federal custody since the attack and confessed to carrying out the mass shooting but he was never convicted in the killings because he was dependably considered too mentally ill to go through the court process The federal situation against him was dismissed after his death The state event remained open Tuesday Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day
