The latest on the shooting near Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado

AP LogoCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) —  (All times local)

7:15 p.m.

Police said three people are dead after a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.

Those who died Friday include two civilians and one police officer from the University of Colorado,Colorado Springs.

The university is about 10 minutes away from the clinic and officials said the fallen officer responded to help city police with the shooting.

Mayor John Suthers said the community “mourns the loss of a very brave police officer.”

Nine other people are hospitalized and police said they are in good condition.

5:12 p.m.

The mayor of Colorado Springs says a gunman in a shooting attack at a Planned Parenthood clinic is in custody.

Mayor John Suthers says he did not have any further details.

A shootout and standoff between the gunman and officers had been going on for hours Friday at the clinic.

Police say 11 people, including five officers, have been transported to area hospitals. Authorities do not have any further details on those wounded or whether there had been any fatalities in the attack.

2:45 P.m.

Police say civilians have been injured in a shooting in Colorado Springs.

Police Lt. Catherine Buckley also said a fourth officer was wounded Friday inside a Planned Parenthood building in the latest exchange of gunfire with a shooter.

Buckley says she doesn’t know how many or how the civilians were injured.

Police say the gunman opened fire before noon on Friday. Three officers were said to be injured in an earlier exchange of gunfire with the shooter.

Officials say at least seven people have been taken to area hospitals. It is not known if that number includes the four officers.

1:50 p.m.

Police said they are unsure about the location of a shooter in an attack near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs that left three officers injured.

A witness said she heard as many as 20 shots in less than five minutes and saw an officer fall to the ground Friday during the shooting.

Denise Speller, manager of a nearby haircut salon, told The Gazette of Colorado Springs that she saw another officer kneel down to render aid to the officer who fell.

Commander Kirk Wilson told KKTV that two of the injured officers were evacuated and authorities were still trying to reach the third. He couldn’t immediately say how the officers were doing.

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