2 Slain Civilians ID’d in Planned Parenthood Shooting
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Brent Lewis/The Denver Post via Getty Images(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The two civilians killed during a shooting at a Planned Parenthood have been identified by family members as Jennifer Markovsky and Ke’Arre Stewart.
Jennifer Markovsky, 36, was at the Colorado Springs clinic Friday with a friend, Markovsky’s father John Ah-King told ABC News. Markvosky’s friend was injured during the shooting and taken to a hospital.
Markovsky lived in Colorado with her husband, Paul, and her son and daughter.
Ah-King said his daughter “always was a [great] woman and she would help anyone in need.”
The second civilian killed was identified as Ke’Arre Stewart, a relative of Stewart told ABC News. Additional information on Stewart was not immediately available.
The third victim was Garrett Swasey, a University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus officer who responded to the clinic in support of Colorado Springs police. Swasey’s wife said in a statement on Sunday that, “Helping others brought him deep satisfaction and being a police officer was a part of him. In the end, his last act was for the safety and wellbeing of others and was a tribute to his life.”
Nine were injured in the shooting. The suspected gunman was taken into custody.
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