Robert Dear charged with first-degree murder in Planned Parenthood shooting

Robert Lewis Dear, 57, was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting a police officer and two others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday. Other charges could follow for Dear, who is being held without bond and appeared in the court via video feed.

Authorities have not released more information about an official motive for the shooting. Planned Parenthood advocates have attributed the shooting to pro-life abortion rhetoric, a connection many Republican presidential candidates have disputed.

Formal charges against Dear are set to be filed Dec. 9.

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