This story is still developing and will be updated as information is available. Chaos and gunfire in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Friday; a gunman wounding three police officers and an as-yet unknown number of civilians before holing up and firing on officers from inside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Lt. Catherine Buckley of the Colorado Springs Police Department telling reporters at a news conference that the gunman, described as wearing a long coat and armed with a rifle, began firing from inside the building after ninety minutes of relative calm. Buckley did not know how many people are injured, but did say that a fourth officer was wounded inside the Planned Parenthood building. Local hospitals treated at least seven people injured in the shooting. It’s not immediately known if the Planned Parenthood building was the shooter’s ultimate target or if he just wound up there. The clinic was open for business on Friday. The Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper reported initially that two police offers were wounded and that police were trying to get a third to safety. One officer reporting on his radio that the gunman shot out the back window of his patrol car as the officer tried to get a good look at the suspect.
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