leanne greg has more on how the community is trying to come to grips with the loss of three of their own. >> paid tribute to victims of a gunman who terrorized a neighborhood. on friday, reports of shots fired near a planned parenthood office on the west of colorado springs. police were met with a hail of gunfire. sources say the shooter, robert louis deer fired into a strip mall wounding nine and killing three. >> he said there is an active shooter outside. >> after hours, the gunman holed up gave up and was taken into custody. the colorado springs mayor is among those who praised first responders. >> no question in my mind that we could have had more victims but for the incredible work of the first responders in this case. >> an investigation is under way on what led to the shooting. leanne greg, colorado springs, colorado. >> there was a clear divide on the campaign trail in the wake of the shooting. all of the democratic candidates offered condolences, but on the gop side only ted cruz and john casic responded publicly. they offered prayers. president obama said prayers are not e

we get the very latest now from nbc's leanne greg. >> reporter: colorado springs police say a gunman who stormed a planned parenthood office has been captured alive, but not before killing at least three people, including officer garrett swasey. >> this is a terrible tragedy that's occurred here in colorado springs today. obviously we mourn the loss of the two civilian victims, we mourn the loss of a very brave police officer. >> reporter: the end came nearly five hours after it started, teams of heavily armed tactical police rushed the scene, a shopping center where they confronted the shooter and a standoff began with the suspect and police firing at each other over the course of several hours. >> we're pinned down, we're getting active gunfire. >> reporter: five other officers were wounded with nine people in all injured by the gunman and taken to nearby hospitals. >> we saw a lot of individual acts of bravery today and actually a lot of bravery as a team. it was amazing how law enforcement and first responders came together today, worked very well and efficiently today but it sti

nbc 10 national correspondent leann greg reports from colorado springs. >> colorado springs police say a gunman who stormed a planned parenthood office has been captured alive, but not before killing three people, including officer bill swayze. >> it's a tragedy that happened here in colorado springs today. obviously we mourn the loss of the two civilian victims and we mourn the loss of a police officer. >> at 11:30 this morning, we received a call for shot fired at the planned parenthood, in the 4800 become of centennial boulevard. >> heavily armed tactical police rushed the scene, a shopping center where they confronted the shooter and the standoff began. with with police and the suspect firing at each other. >> i've been shot, wear pinned down, we're getting active gun fire. >> five other officers wounded by the gunman and taken to area hospitals. >> we have seen a lot of bravery this morning. aamazing how first responders came together today and worked well and efficiently today, but on the whole it's still a tragedy. >> the suspect was armed with an ak-47. i it took hours, possibl

leanne greg is at the scene and has details for us. >> lester, it's an ongoing situation. police are in contact with a nman they have cornered inside the planned parenthood building ondr the city's best ide. heavily armed tactical police are evacuating people, four, possibly five officers have been injured. >> attention all units. attention all units. csp is working an active shooter. >> a man said to be dressed in a trench coat barricaded himself inside the planned parenthood center, shooting at civilians s anthd officers. >> he's shooting. stop there. he's shooting at you as you are coming. >> we're pinned down. we're getting active gunfire. >> four officers were hit and cornered. the extent of their injuries not clhoear. this st lieutenant describing the chaos with the shooting still ongoing. >> we have an unknown number of civilians that a injured. >> sdwd .t. officers enter wg the building extracting the wounding and others searching for the gunman. gunfire heard on and off for urs. >> i was scared. you know,ni heardishots. >> joann says his siste is inside t a planne

. >> leanne greg in colorado, thank you. >>> in chicago, anger over a video showing the police shooting of a teenager spilled into the streets during black friday in the city's famed magnificent mile shopping district. the protests came as charges were filed in another unrelated shooting that has also shaken the city to its core. john yang with the story now. >> four weeks after the gang related shooting of a 9-year-old boy stunned an already violence weary chicago, today, police announced charges in the case. >> corey morgan is a documented gang member, a convicted felon. as you know, we picked him up just a couple weeks ago with yet another firearm. >> police are also seeking 22-year-old kevin edwards on a murder charge. a third suspect is in custody on unrelated charges. police say tyshawn lee was lured from a basketball game with friends and taken to an alley where he was murdered. targeted because of his father's alleged gang ties. investigators say they got lots of tips despite fears. >> if you have a mobster who's willing to assassinate a 9-year-old, what is that person likely to

leanne greg, nbc news, colorado springs. >>> planned parenthood released a statement this morning sayingin part, quote, we arerateful to report that all of our staff are safe and accounted for. the gunman's motive remains unknown, as does whether planned parenthood was targeted dlip rattly. >>> it's going to take sometime for police to find a motive. we're hearing incredible stories of survival from outside the clinic. you're sitting in your car when you lockfw eyes with the gunman. that's what this man says when the shooter shot at him. >> i saw myself in the mirror and it was like, my god, he was aiming for my head. it's just weird to stair into the face of somebody like that. and he didn't win. >> incredible right there. he says he's thankful to the s.w.a.t. team that got him and his friends out. he is now out of the hospital. the eight others who were wounded are expected to recover. you can follow the latest on the nbc washington app. >>> chaos in southeast washington last night. five people were shot within 90 minutes, the shootings happened all over. take a look, two on alabama av

nbc's leanne greg is live in denver with how people are getting ready there. can see the snow falling around you, leanne. it just doesn't look right. >> reporter: oh, i know. good morning. huge flakes. it started overnight with a little bit of rain and then for several hours now it has been snowing a fast-moving storm, three to five inches are expected here in denver before it moves out later this morning. up to a foot of snow in the high country, maybe even 20 inches or more areas above tree level. depending where you are in colorado is how you are going to be impacted. what a difference. temperatures pushing 70 degrees. skies were clear. later this afternoon they will be clear once again, not quite as warm, but, still, this big system is moving to the east where later today tornadoes are a threat in the midwest and whiteout conditions in eastern colorado and parts of kansas. so it's some very serious travel issues. eun, that's the latest from denver. >>> the faa and ntsb are on the scene right now of a fatal plane crash in ohio. we're hearing that we're going

from denver, leann greg, nbc news. >> that's kind of a big temperature swing. i guess i shouldn't complain about the one we had. >> 70s to snow. that was amazing. >> i feel like we were almost that far, kari. >> and as we take a live look now at the sierra, yes, there's quite a bit of snow on the ground. but skies are clear and blue. we'll be watching for another chance of snow heading into the forecast. here at home we're looking from belvedere and also a clear start to the day after a chilly morning. yes, it was cold but we didn't have a big swing in temperatures. a look this morning in napa it was 31 degrees. santa rosa 32. we have frost advisories in effect. and the coldest temperature was p petaluma dropping down to 30 degrees, 40s in the east bay. 57 in san jose and sunnyvale. as well as concord and santa rosa at 54 degrees. hour by hour in oakland we'll be at 63 degrees at 1:00. a nice, beautiful, warm afternoon after having those temperatures very chilly this morning. and looking at highs today in the east bay in the mid to upper 60s also in the north b

nbc's leann greg has the latest. >> can you hear me okay? >> yes. >> reporter: appearing before a judge via closed circuit television, robert dear was advised of the initial charge against him. >> the initial charge against you is murder in the first degree. the penalty for that charge is minimum of life in prison and maximum of death. >> reporter: dear is accused of killing a police officer and two civilians at this planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs. the rampage set off a five-hour standoff and shootout friday that also left nine others injured. among the dead, jennifer kharc r markovsky, her father writing, life was too short for my beloved daughter. iraq veteran ke'arre stewart, at the clinic with his girlfriend who was pregnant. he stepped outside to make a phone call, was hit by gunfire, then went back inside to warn others. >> i believe that's his military instinct, i guess, that was his main priority, was to help and save other lives. >> reporter: and police officer garrett swasey, one of the first responders, remembered a

joining me now is nbc news correspondent leann greg. what can you tell us about the latest developments since last night? >> the nine people who were hospitalized are all in good condition this morning. the investigation is continuing. the processing of the crime scene, we're told, could take several days, and they're trying to determine a motive what caused the gunman to want to go off and start shooting inside the planned parenthood facility. that standoff lasted for five hours before he surrendered. among the dead, 44-year-old police veteran garrett swasey. a father, two young children, a husband. also two people killed. their identities will not be released until an autopsy is performed. president obama did issue a statement today. part of it saying that we can't let this become the new normal. went on to say we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on the streets. this entire community is mourning today. there will be two separate vigils. one at the church where the law officer who was killed was a vol

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