An active shooter was reported near a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs. The office is at 3480 Centennial Blvd.
Scanner traffic indicated at least two officers were down, one near a dumpster, and another taken by ambulance to a hospital. A dispatcher said one patient was wounded at Elite Vision, located an adjacent building at 3470 Centennial Blvd. A later dispatch said at four were injured and an officer was heard requesting an ambulance. Another officer indicated wounded patients were being taken to Penrose Hospital, 2222 N. Nevada Ave.
Officers from the Colorado Springs Police and the Colorado State Patrol are at the scene with guns drawn and pointed in the direction of the Planned Parenthood clinic. Multiple fire engines and ambulances were parked along Centennial Boulevard.
At least one victim was taken by stretcher to an ambulance shortly after noon.
Three police officers with guns draw were pointing their weapons in the vicinity of Planned Parenthood.
One officer said on his radio that the gunman shot out the back window of his cruiser as the officer tried to "get a look at him. A dispatcher said the gunman wore a long coat with a "hunting-type" hat.
Police closed Centennial Boulevard in both directions and Fillmore Street east of Centennial. Customers were locked down at a King Soopers grocery store and several nearby shops at Fillmore Street and Centennial Boulevard,
