President Obama addresses Planned Parenthood shootings

Conservatives have accused Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organisation that provides a range of health services, including abortion, of illegally selling baby parts, an accusation it has strenuously denied.

Police haven’t released a possible motive or said whether the clinic was the intended target. The Army stationed Stewart at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs in 2013, she said. She says he was discharged from the military past year. He served in the Fourth Infantry Division and was deployed to Iraq, where he would often send her letters describing the horrors he saw on the front lines. She last spoke to him on Thursday, when he sounded upbeat to be spending Thanksgiving with friends.

In a press release, Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said: “It is offensive and outrageous that some politicians are now claiming this tragedy has nothing to do with the toxic environment they helped create”.

Colorado governor John Hickenlooper said the city is mourning and praised the bravery of first responders. She says he always had fun and did everything with a smile.

The father of a Colorado Springs woman says she was accompanying a friend to a Planned Parenthood clinic when she was killed in a shooting rampage.

Garrett Swasey was one of three people killed when a gunman opened fire on the facility.

Jennifer Markovsky, born in Waianae, Hawaii, also leaves behind two children, reports Hawaii News Now.

Swasey’s body was transported under heavy police escort to a local funeral home Saturday morning.

Markovsky and Stewart’s identities were confirmed by officials this afternoon, who called this a preliminary identification, adding that a full identification would be provided once autopsies were completed.

Colorado police engaged in several shooting battles with the suspect inside a Planned Parenthood center on Friday for around five hours.

In a statement, Obama said that regardless of the motive, it was unacceptable that these sort of mass shootings happen so frequently in the United States.

Mr Dear has been jailed ahead of a court appearance scheduled for tomorrow.

Fellow University of Colorado-Colorado Springs officers are remembering their fallen comrade.

As a skater, Garrett Swasey won a national championship in the junior ranks and competed in the U.S. Championships at least three times, his father said.

A University of Colorado police officer was killed.

Swasey’s widow, Rachel Swasey, said in a statement Sunday that “his last act was for the safety and well-being of others”.

The sister of her husband Paul Miller, Julia Miller, told the Post “She’s just a really sweet woman that would do anything for everyone…”