Officer Garrett Swasey, Who Died in Colo. Planned Parenthood Shooting, Was A Co-Pastor, Skating Champion

By Published on November 28, 2015

The police officer who was killed during Friday’s shooting standoff at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs has been identified as Garrett Swasey, 44, a co-pastor at his church and an ice-skating champion.

Swasey, who was married and had two young children, had been with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs police department for six years and responded to the initial reports of an active shooter.

Authorities said a suspect was taken into police custody after the hours-long shooting standoff at the clinic where Swasey and two civilians were killed. Police were trying to determine the suspect’s motive after his capture. At least four other police officers and five civilians were injured.

Read the article “Officer Garrett Swasey, Who Died in Colo. Planned Parenthood Shooting, Was A Co-Pastor, Skating Champion” on washingtonpost.com.

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