Yahoo News Police Identify Abortion Clinic Gunman
Detectives have identified a gunman who opened fire at a family planning centre in Colorado Springs, killing three people including a police officer.
Robert L Dear, 57, also allegedly injured nine people during the shoot-out at the Planned Parenthood clinic .
Police said there is still no clear motive for the attack.
President Barack Obama called again for more gun control in the US, saying "we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets".
The stand-off began at noon local time on Friday and ended six hours later when Dear gave himself up.
Police officer Garrett Swasey and two unnamed civilians were killed.
The 44-year-old was from the University of Colorado, about 10 minutes away from the clinic, and had responded to a call to help city officers.
The nine survivors are said to be in a good condition. None of the victims were patients or staff at the clinic.
Colorado Springs police spokeswoman Catherine Buckley said Dear was armed with a rifle and took bags into the building, which was later searched over fears they contained explosives.
Many people were evacuated from the building, but others were unable to get out.
Joan Motolinia said his sister Jennifer called him while hiding behind a table in the clinic and he could hear gunfire in the background.
"She was telling me to take care of her babies because she could get killed," he said of the mother of three.
Mr Obama said: "The last thing Americans should have to do, over the holidays or any day, is comfort the families of people killed by gun violence - people who woke up in the morning and bid their loved ones goodbye with no idea it would be for the last time.
"And yet, two days after Thanksgiving, that's what we are forced to do again."
He added: "This is not normal. We can't let it become normal.
"If we truly care about this - if we're going to offer up our thoughts and prayers again, for God knows how many times, with a truly clean conscience - then we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them.
"Period. Enough is enough."
Planned Parenthood said it did not know if it was the target of the attack.
However, Vicki Cowart, president of its Colorado branch, said: "We share the concerns of many Americans that extremists are creating a poisonous environment that feeds domestic terrorism in this country."
The non-profit organisation - which has been repeatedly targeted by pro-life activists - has hundreds of clinics across the US providing services such as contraception, abortions and STD testing.
