The shooting incident took place just before noon local time, when Dear was alleged to have begun shooting indiscriminately; according to witnesses the first shots were fired from behind a Chase Bank branch at 3306 Centennial Blvd.<ref>http://www.examiner.com/article/witness-accounts-conflict-with-planned-parenthood-shooting-narrative</ref> The three dead included University of Colorado, Colorado Springs police officer Garrett Swasey, 44, as well as the wounding of five additional police officers and four bystanders.<ref>University of Colorado, Colorado Springs police officer Garrett Swasey, 44</ref> Just over a quarter mile up the street at 3480 Centennial Dear broke into the lobby of a Planned Parenthood clinic and barricaded himself there for over five hours; he could not make it from lobby into the main part of the clinic due to secure doors, and he would randomly fire what had been described as a “long gun”. It was during the sixth hour of the crisis that he calmly surrendered to police. | The shooting incident took place just before noon local time, when Dear was alleged to have begun shooting indiscriminately; according to witnesses the first shots were fired from behind a Chase Bank branch at 3306 Centennial Blvd.<ref>http://www.examiner.com/article/witness-accounts-conflict-with-planned-parenthood-shooting-narrative</ref> The three dead included University of Colorado, Colorado Springs police officer Garrett Swasey, 44, as well as the wounding of five additional police officers and four bystanders.<ref>University of Colorado, Colorado Springs police officer Garrett Swasey, 44</ref> Just over a quarter mile up the street at 3480 Centennial Dear broke into the lobby of a Planned Parenthood clinic and barricaded himself there for over five hours; he could not make it from lobby into the main part of the clinic due to secure doors, and he would randomly fire what had been described as a “long gun”. It was during the sixth hour of the crisis that he calmly surrendered to police. |