Cop, 2 more dead in Colo. Planned Parenthood shootings

Colorado Springs - A police officer and two civilians were killed Friday after a man dressed in hunting gear and armed with a "long gun" was in a shooting inside a Planned Parenthood clinic here, the police confirmed Friday night.

The University of Colorado - Colorado Springs identified the dead officer as Swasey Garrett, 44, who was helping the police in Colorado Springs in the incident.

Swasey was a veteran of the police department of the university six years, according to a statement from Pam Shockley Zalabak, rector of the university.

"The officer who gave his life today with the other official put the lives of civilians in danger over his own", the Fraternal Order of Police of Colorado, said via Twitter. "He died to save others."

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman Twitter: "My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims of the clash today in Colorado Springs tragic loss of life in #PPShooting.."

The civilians killed in the shooting were not planned Parenthood employees. The organization said in a statement that its employees at the site were recorded.

The alleged shooter was arrested Friday night after barricading himself inside the clinic and participation in the shooting that left one officer and two civilians dead. Nine other people were wounded in the shooting, including five officers, authorities said.

Colorado Springs police Lt. Catherine Buckley confirmed the capture gunman.