COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The admitted gunman in an attack on the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 died in a federal facility over the weekend. Robert Dear was 67 years old.

Thursday will mark exactly 10 years since Dear opened fire and killed three people: University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) Police Officer Garrett Swasey, Iraq War Veteran Ke’arre Stewart, and a wife and mother of two, Jennifer Markovksy.

Dear’s criminal cases in both state and federal case were stalled over concerns of his mental competency.

Dan May, the former 4 th Judicial District Attorney who was originally one of the prosecutors on the case said he was driving in his car when he heard the news Tuesday.

“I heard it on the radio, and I got to say, it was kind of shocked. I kind of did

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