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| Colorado Springs shooting: Police officers injured | Colorado Springs shooting: Police officers injured |
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| Four police officers and an unknown number of civilians have been hurt in an "active shooter" incident in the US city of Colorado Springs, police say. | Four police officers and an unknown number of civilians have been hurt in an "active shooter" incident in the US city of Colorado Springs, police say. |
| Officers were exchanging fire with a gunman inside a Planned Parenthood clinic, police Lt Catherine Buckley said. | Officers were exchanging fire with a gunman inside a Planned Parenthood clinic, police Lt Catherine Buckley said. |
| It was unclear if hostages had been taken, she said. | It was unclear if hostages had been taken, she said. |
| The city's Penrose hospital said it had received six patients, but did not say whether they were civilians or police. | |
| The situation was still active and roads were closed, the city's police said in a tweet. | |
| "We do not have the shooter at this point but we do have all of our resources brought to bear," Lt Buckley told local TV. | "We do not have the shooter at this point but we do have all of our resources brought to bear," Lt Buckley told local TV. |
| The manager of a nearby haircut salon, Denise Speller, said she heard as many as 20 gunshots in under five minutes. | The manager of a nearby haircut salon, Denise Speller, said she heard as many as 20 gunshots in under five minutes. |
| She told a local newspaper that she saw one of two police officers appear to fall to the ground and the other attempt to get the wounded officer behind their police vehicle. | She told a local newspaper that she saw one of two police officers appear to fall to the ground and the other attempt to get the wounded officer behind their police vehicle. |
| Police have told shoppers at a nearby centre to stay indoors. | Police have told shoppers at a nearby centre to stay indoors. |
| Planned Parenthood said it was monitoring the situation. | Planned Parenthood said it was monitoring the situation. |
| "Our concern is for the safety of our patients, staff and law enforcement," said its CEO Vicki Cowart. | "Our concern is for the safety of our patients, staff and law enforcement," said its CEO Vicki Cowart. |
| New York's city police said it had deployed critical response vehicles to Planned Parenthood sites in the city because of the Colorado incident, but said there was no threat in the city. | |
| Planned Parenthood is a healthcare non-profit-making group with 59 affiliates and 700 clinics around the US, some of which provide abortion services. | |
| The group has faced numerous protests from those opposed to abortion. |