Three dead after shooting at US contraception clinic

One police officer among fatalities and nine others injured

Mayor Suthers briefs press. Pic: courtesy rte.ie
Mayor John Suthers tweets an end to the stand-off

A gunman was arrested after an hours-long standoff at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs that left three people dead and nine wounded.

Mayor John Suthers said via Twitter that the suspect had been taken into custody by police at 5pm local time yesterday.

One police officer, ...