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Robert Dear, Who Killed 3 at Planned Parenthood, Unfit to Stand Trial

HeadlineMay 12, 2016

A Colorado judge has found Robert Lewis Dear mentally incompetent and unfit to stand trial over the November shooting spree at a Planned Parenthood clinic, which killed three people and wounded nine others. Dear has admitted to the shooting, saying he targeted Planned Parenthood “because it’s murdering little babies.” The case is now on hold. Dear has been sent to a state mental hospital for treatment.

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