The Latest: Clinic suspect says defense wants to hide truth
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The latest on the man accused in a shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic (all times local):
3 p.m.
The man accused of killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic objects to his attorney's attempts to limit publicity in his case.
Robert Lewis Dear talks to Judge Gilbert Martinez during a court appearance on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dear, accused of killing three people and wounding nine others at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic on Nov. 27, was charged with first-degree murder. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, Pool)
In court Wednesday, Robert Dear said the state public defender's office wants to seal documents and limit discussion of his case to hide what he saw inside the clinic.
Dear shouted, "You'll never know what I saw in that clinic. Atrocities. The babies. That's what they want to seal."
Dear noted that his attorney also represented Colorado theater shooter James Holmes. He says attorney Daniel King "drugged" Holmes, and "he wants to do that to me."
King questioned whether Dear was competent to stand trial.
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2:30 p.m.
The man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic says he's guilty and that he's a "warrior for the babies."
Robert Lewis Dear made the comments Wednesday during a court hearing for prosecutors to announce charges filed against him. The 57-year-old said he was guilty and that there will be no trial.
Three people were killed in the Nov. 27 shootings — two civilians and a campus police officer who responded to the gunfire. Nine people were wounded, including five other officers.
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10:30 a.m.
A man accused of killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic is set to learn the charges he will face in the attack.
Prosecutors will announce the charges filed against Robert Lewis Dear during a court hearing Wednesday in Colorado Springs.
Investigators have refused to disclose a motive for the shooting, but there's evidence to suggest the 57-year-old was deeply concerned about abortion. He rambled to authorities about "no more baby parts" after his arrest and asked at least one person for directions to the clinic before opening fire there Nov. 27.
Robert Lewis Dear looks back into the gallery during one outbursts in a court appearance on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dear, accused of killing three people and wounding nine others at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic on Nov. 27, was charged with first-degree murder. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, Pool)
FILE - This undated file photos provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office shows Colorado Springs shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear. The gunman burst into a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, and opened fire, launching several gun battles and an hours long standoff with police as patients and staff took cover. The gunbattle ultimately claimed the life of one officer and injured a total of five, the highest police casualty count in a single incident in the U.S. in two years and a reflection of the danger that mass shootings pose to police. (El Paso County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
