Loner Will Be Charged With Murder in Colorado Clinic Attack

Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting suspect Robert Dear, right, appears via video hearing during his first court appearance, where he was told he faces first degree murder charges, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. At left is public defender Dan King. Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP, Pool

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  — The man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthoodclinic in Colorado Springs was told Monday that he will be charged with first-degree murder in the killing of three people, including a police officer, during the standoff at the facility.

Speaking in a raspy voice, white-bearded suspect Robert Lewis Dear appeared via a video hookup from El Paso County Jail, where he has been held since surrendering to police after the five-hour siege on Friday.

Dear wore a padded, white vest with black straps and gazed downward during most of the hearing. It was his first appearance in court in the case.

Dear responded “no questions” when asked by Chief District Judge Gilbert Martinez if he had any questions about his rights.

Judge Gilbert Martinez, right, advises Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting suspect Robert Dear of his rights during a video hearing forhis first court appearance, where he was told he faces first degree murder charges, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. At left is public defender Dan King. Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP, Pool