Shooter detained at Colorado Planned Parenthood

At least three police officers were injured by an active shooter near a Planned Parenthood in Colorado, Springs, Colorado, Nov. 27, 2015

Five police officers were injured by an active shooter at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado, Springs, Colorado, Nov. 27, 2015 (Photo: ABC News screenshot)

Three people were killed and five policemen injured before a shooter at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was taken into custody on Friday.

He has been identified by police as Robert Lewis Dear, 59, reportedly from North Carolina. The suspected gunman had lived in a cabin in the North Carolina woods with no electricity or running water. Neighbors said he kept to himself and did not openly discuss religion or abortion, but had a rambling manner when he spoke. "If you talked to him, nothing with him was very cognitive – topics all over place," said Black Mountain resident James Russell.

Dear was listed as "unaffiliated" on a 2014 Colorado registration. Police are looking for clues to what motivated the attack.

Police Lt. Catherine Buckley told reporters that Colorado Springs police, El Paso County Sheriff's Office and Colorado State Patrol "brought all of our resources to bear" against the shooter. The suspect, a six-foot tall white man wearing a trench coat and a hunting cap, used a "high-powered rifle" to fire at cops.

The FBI and the ATF were also on the scene.

"The perpetrator is in custody. The situation has been resolved. There's no continuing peril to the citizens of Colorado Springs," Mayor John Suthers told reporters Friday, CNN reported. "But there's a huge crime scene that has to be processed. We have to determine exactly how many victims there are. We'll be reporting on that in the near future."

Police in Colorado, Springs, Colorado, arrest a man accused of opening fire from inside a Planned Parenthood Nov. 27, 2015 (Photo: CNN screenshot)

Multiple people were evacuated by police and 11 victims were hospitalized during the hostage situation, which began at 1:38 p.m. EST. Two civilians and one officer with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs were killed, the Gazette reported.

Officer Garrett Swasey

The officer was identified as Garrett Swasey, 44, a six-year veteran of the UCCS Police. He was killed at the Planned Parenthood site when he responded to lend assistance.

"We at UCCS are saddened by the tragic events today at the offices of Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, about 10 minutes southwest of campus. Our thoughts and support are with those injured," the university said in a statement.

Swasey was an elder in Hope Chapel, a northeast Colorado Springs church, overseeing its three Care Groups and participating in its teaching team and playing guitar as part of its worship team, reported the Colorado Gazette.

So far two funds have been set up for the wife and children of slain Officer Garrett Swasey:

Aventa Credit Union has established the Garrett Swasey Memorial Fund. To make a donation, stop by any Aventa Credit Union branch or call Aventa Credit Union at (719) 482-7600 or (800) 555-6665.
An online memorial fund is accepting donations for the family at Officer Garrett Swasey Memorial Fund

Police will now begin examining bags the suspect brought to the scene.

"We don't know what they are," Lt. Buckley said. "We know that the suspect brought several items with him, and some of those are inside the Planned Parenthood building and some of them are out front of it."

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Vicki Cowart, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, released a statement saying the organization would, "never back away from providing care in a safe, supportive environment that millions of people rely on and trust."

Colorado Springs has more than 400,000 residents.