A man accused in the deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs died earlier this week, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Three people were killed, including a police officer, in the 2015 attack. Another nine people were injured in the shooting.

Robert Dear faced 68 federal charges and 179 state charges. Dear was held for years at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo before a judge ordered him to be sent to a Bureau of Prisons facility in 2022.

Robert Lewis Dear glares at his attorney Daniel King during an outburst in court appearance on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, Pool

The judge also ordered him to involuntarily take antipsychotic medications and implement a treatment plan , as D

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