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Colorado Springs shooting suspect Robert Dear, right, appears via video before Judge Gilbert Martinez, with public defender Dan King, at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center on Monday in Colorado Springs, Colo. DANIEL OWEN — THE GAZETTE BySadieGurman The Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. The man accused in the shooting rampage at a Col- orado Planned Parenthood clinic made his first court appearance Monday and learned that he will face first-degree murder charges in the deaths of three peo- ple killed in the standoff with police. Speaking in a raspy voice, Robert Lewis Dear ap- peared via a video hookup from the El Paso County Jail, where he has been held since surrendering af- ter Friday's five-hour siege. The white-bearded sus- pect wore a padded vest with black straps and gazed downward during most of thehearing.Victims'relatives watched from a courtroom. When asked by Chief Dis- trict Judge Gilbert Martinez if he understood his rights, Dear replied, "no ques- tions." Public defender Dan- iel King, who represented Colorado theater shooter James Holmes, stood be- side Dear and will act as his attorney. The suspect is expected to be formally charged on Dec. 9. Dear, 57, is accused of fatally shooting a univer- sity police officer who re- sponded to the attack, as well as an Iraq war veteran and a mother of two inside the clinic. Nine other peo- ple were wounded. After Monday's hearing, District Attorney Dan May said Dear could face other charges, but he did not elab- orate. Police have declined to speculate on a motive for the attack. A law enforce- ment official said Dear told authorities, "no more baby parts," after being arrested. The official spoke on condi- tion of anonymity because the official was not allowed to publicly discuss the on- going investigation. Planned Parenthood has said witnesses believe the gunman was motivated by his opposition to abor- tion. But Dear has been de- scribed by acquaintances as a reclusive loner who did not seem to have strong po- litical or social opinions. The Colorado district at- torney said he has been in touch with U.S. Attorney John Walsh's office about the case.Walshsaidinvestigators have been consulting with theJusticeDepartment'scivil rights and national security divisions, a move that sug- gests authorities could pur- sue federal charges in addi- tion to state homicide ones. He did not elaborate. Whatever authorities de- cide about motive is sure to be controversial, given the political murkiness of Dear's statements and the debate over Planned Parent- hood,whichwasreignitedin July when anti-abortion ac- tivists released undercover video they said showed the group's personnel negotiat- ing the sale of fetal organs. A Republican congres- sional leader on Monday defended a House investi- gation of Planned Parent- hood's provision of fetal tis- sue to researchers. But House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, also indicated that the GOP- run Congress will not risk a government shutdown fight with President Barack Obama over GOP efforts to halt federal funding for the organization. Sp ec ul at io n sw ir ls o n mo ti ve as judge seals docs in attack PLANNED PARENTHOOD By Juliet Linderman The Associated Press BALTIMORE Jury selection for the first police officer to go to trial in Freddie Gray' s death began Monday with a judge questioning potential jurorsabouttheirknowledge of the explosive case, which led to widespread protests and rioting and added fuel to the Black Lives Matter movement. Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams con- ducted initial questioning in a courtroom but planned to interview at least 66 pro- spective jurors in a private conference room. The large pool of people suggested how difficult the selection process could be. 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