Wednesday marks nine years since Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting
Nov 27, 2024
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Nine years have passed since three people were killed and several others were injured at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.
On Nov. 27, 2015, Iraq war veteran Ke'Arre Stewart, mother Jennifer Markovksy, and UCCS police officer Garrett Swasey were killed in the shooting, which happened at the Planned Parenthood on Centennial Boulevard.
Garrett Swasey, Ke’Arre Stewart, and Jennifer Markovsky
Stewart lost his life supporting a friend at the Planned Parenthood, and according to witnesses, he was shot outside of the clinic and ran inside to warn and protect others.
Markovsky, who was originally from Hawaii, left behind a husband and two kids. Her family said she was at the clinic supporting a friend.
Swasey, who had worked for UCCS for six years, was one of the first officers to respond to the shooting. He was a husband, father of two kids, and a co-pastor at Hope Chapel.
Nine other people, including four law enforcement officers, were injured in the shooting.
Robert Dear, the suspect in the Planned Parenthood shooting appeared in court on Nov. 14, however, a new status hearing was scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 13 at 8:30 a.m.
Dear has been awaiting trial since 2016 after being found incompetent to stand trial and having been committed to hospitalization until he is determined to understand the charges against him or assist in his defense.