Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect Robert Dear Appears in Court
Source: ABC
Suspected Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear appeared in court via video today as authorities continue to investigate the shooting and hours-long standoff at the Colorado Springs clinic that authorities said left three dead and nine others injured.
He was charged with murder in the first-degree. Dear is being held in jail with no bond. If convicted, he could face a minimum of life in prison to a maximum of the death penalty, court officials said.
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While police haven't released a possible motive or said whether the clinic was the intended target, law enforcement sources told ABC News that Dear, 57, made rambling comments during the incident, some of which suggested animosity toward the health care provider.
They said the Justice Department is building a domestic terrorism case against Dear, though it would only move forward if somehow the state capital case was sidetracked.
Dear also allegedly made statements about President Obama during or after the incident that were concerning enough that he now has the attention of the U.S. Secret Service, which has dispatched agents to evaluate the remarks and possibly interview him, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
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