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U.S. NEWSMonday 30 November 2015 Colorado clinic suspect Dear said
‘no more baby parts’ after arrest
Bethany Winder, a nurse who lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., plants a sign in support of Planned
Parenthood just south of its clinic as police investigators gather evidence near the scene of Fri- SADIE GURMAN described him as reclusive,
day’s shooting at the clinic Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, in northwest Colorado Springs. Associated Press stashing food in the woods,
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo- avoiding eye contact and
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) rado (AP) — The suspected warning people about
gunman in a deadly shoot- government spying. They
ing at a women’s health said he seemed to have
clinic that offers abortions few religious or political
said “no more baby parts” leanings.
after his arrest, a law en- The Planned Parenthood
forcement official said. clinic has long been the
The official could not elabo- site of anti-abortion pro-
rate on Robert Lewis Dear’s tests, but a Roman Cath-
comment and spoke on olic priest who has held
condition of anonymity be- weekly Mass in front of it for
cause the official was not 20 years said Dear wasn’t
authorized to speak public- part of his group.
ly about the investigation. “I don’t recognize him at
But police said they will all,” the Rev. Bill Carmody
not disclose why the gun- said.
man opened fire at the At a vigil Saturday for the
Planned Parenthood clinic, victims, Rev. Nori Rost
killing three people. Colo- called the gunman a “do-
rado Springs police said in mestic terrorist.”
a statement that they are Vicki Cowart, the regional
sealing the warrants re- head of Planned Parent-
lated to the case against hood, said the gunman
57-year-old Robert Lewis “broke in” to the clinic but
Dear. They are not pro- didn’t get past a locked
viding information on the door leading to the main
weapon used in Friday’s part of the facility. She said
shooting, a timeline of there was no armed se-
events or a motive. curity when the shooting
Dear is expected to make began. A former neigh-
his first court appearance bor of Dear in South Caro-
Monday. lina, John Hood, said Dear
Planned Parenthood, a na- rarely spoke but once rec-
tional organization, has cit- ommended that Hood put
ed witnesses as saying the a metal roof on his house
gunman was motivated by so the U.S. government
his opposition to abortion, couldn’t spy on him.
one of America’s most sen- “He was really strange
sitive issues. and out there, but I never
In July, anti-abortion activ- thought he would do any
ists released undercover harm,” he said.
video they said showed Dear also lived part of the
Planned Parenthood per- time in a cabin with no
sonnel negotiating the sale electricity or running water
of fetal organs. Planned in North Carolina. When he
Parenthood has denied did talk, neighbors said, it
seeking any payments was a rambling combina-
beyond legally permitted tion of a number of topics
reimbursement costs for that didn’t make sense.
donating the organs to re- “If you talked to him, noth-
searchers. ing with him was very
Still, the National Abortion cognitive,” one neighbor,
Federation says it has since James Russell, said.
seen a rise in threats at clin- Another law enforcement
ics nationwide. official said that authorities
Anti-abortion activists, part searched a Colorado trail-
of a group called the Cen- er belonging to Dear but
ter for Medical Progress, found no explosives. The of-
denounced the “barbaric ficial, who has direct knowl-
killing spree in Colorado edge of the case, said au-
Springs by a violent mad- thorities also talked with a
man” and offered prayers woman living in the trailer.
for the dead and wounded The official, who lacked au-
and for their families. thorization to speak pub-
Police haven’t said what licly about the investiga-
motivated Dear to carry tion, spoke on condition of
out the attack. Neighbors anonymity.q
