Breaking News: On going shooting in a Colorado Abortion clinic

Three police officers have been injured in a shooting at a Planned Parenthood family planning clinic in Colorado Springs, police say. Police Commander Kirk Wilson told CBS Denver there had been an unspecified number of civilian casualties in the attack by a lone gunman. He said two of the officers had been evacuated while authorities were still trying to reach the third. One of the officers was reportedly shot in the hand. The situation remains active and there are reports the shooter, whose motives are unknown, was barricaded inside the clinic at Centennial Blvd. "The area is NOT secure," Colorado Springs police said in a tweet.

A police dispatch quoted by the Colorado Springs Gazette said a gunman in a long coat and wearing a "hunting-type" hat had begun shooting out the back window of his vehicle as an officer approached.

"Rounds are coming through the window," one police officer reportedly told a dispatcher.

KOAA 5, a local television station, said scanner reports had spoken of officers being pinned down by gunfire.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with state patrol are on the scene.

Planned Parenthood is a US family planning group with clinics nationwide providing services such as contraception, STD testing and abortions.

he federally funded organisation - which was earlier this year rocked by claims it sells aborted foetal tissue for profit - has frequently been picketed by pro-life protesters.

The Colorado Springs branch has been the site of a number of recent protests.

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