On Nov. 27, 2015, a gunman opened fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, killing University of Colorado Colorado Springs police officer Garrett Swasey, Iraq War veteran Ke’Arre M. Stewart, and mother Jennifer Markovsky, and wounding nine others, including multiple law enforcement officers. This page honors those who were killed, the loved ones they left behind, and the survivors whose lives were forever changed. Survivors such as Ozy Licano, who narrowly escaped with his life, and medical responders like ER nurse Michael Hagiwara, who rushed in to treat the wounded with whatever supplies were at hand, embody both the trauma and the courage of that day.

The man who admitted to the attack, Robert L. Dear, died Nov. 22 while in federal custody at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. The Bureau of Prisons says the preliminary cause appears related to natural causes. Dear never entered a plea, and his prosecution was delayed for years amid disputes over his mental competency, an issue that has prompted debate in Colorado and frustration from victims’ families. While his death ends the long legal saga, the real focus remains on remembering the victims, supporting survivors, and seeking the answers and policy changes that many families continue to demand.