Snow Cancels Hearing In Planned Parenthood Shooting Case
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A snowstorm has postponed a hearing on the competency of a man who admits killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic.
The hearing has been rescheduled for Thursday. It likely will focus on results of the mental evaluation of 57-year-old Robert Dear.
A judge ordered the exam after Dear announced that he wanted to fire his public defenders and represent himself. The exam will show whether he is capable of making that decision.
Prosecutors charged Dear with 179 counts including murder, attempted murder and assault for the Nov. 27 shooting that also left nine injured.
During courtroom outbursts, he declared himself a "warrior for the babies" and said he was guilty.
Prosecutors say his outbursts show an understanding of the case against him.
