The Latest: Gunman brought 'items' to Planned Parenthood

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The latest on the shooting near Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. (All times local)

4:19 p.m.

Police say a standoff with a gunman inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs is ongoing.

Police Lt. Catherine Buckley said Friday says the gunman brought unspecified items into the building with him and it was "not a stabilized scene at this time."

Buckley says that there are an unknown number of casualties in the attack, and she would not say how many civilians were wounded. She says at least four police officers have been wounded and there may be a fifth.

She says authorities are evacuating people from the Planned Parenthood building.

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3:53 p.m.

Planned Parenthood says it is concerned for the safety of its patients and staff after a gunman opened fire at one of the organization's offices in Colorado Springs.

Vicki Cowart, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains, said: "We don't yet know the full circumstances and motives behind this criminal action, and we don't yet know if Planned Parenthood was in fact the target of this attack."

Police Lt. Catherine Buckley said Friday that authorities do not have information on the gunman's "mentality, or his ideas or ideology."

She says civilians and four officers were wounded in the attack.

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