--- description: He was one of three people killed in the Friday attack title: Everything We Know About the Officer Killed in the Planned Parenthood Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta74cec062ecf98c8/698872ef524fc05f37df5a98/garrett-swasey.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Everything We Know About the Officer Killed in the Planned Parenthood Shooting by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2015 3:40 PM CUT  Police officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed when a gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs, is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by the UCCS. Police officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed when a gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs, is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by the UCCS.University of Colorado Colorado Springs/Reuters by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2015 3:40 PM CUT Officer Garrett Swasey was among the three victims killed in a [shooting](http://time.com/4128390/planned-parenthood-shooting-colorado-springs/ "undefined") at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs Friday. Swasey, 44, was a six-year veteran of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Police Department and an early responder to initial reports of a shooter at Planned Parenthood, according to the [Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/11/28/officer-garrett-swasey-who-died-in-colo-planned-parenthood-shooting-was-a-co-pastor-skating-champion/ "undefined"). He was married, with a 10-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter. The officer was also heavily involved in his church, a non-denominational evangelical place of worship called Hope Chapel where he was a co-pastor. Originally from Melrose, Massachusetts, Swasey was also an accomplished ice skater and moved to Colorado Springs several years ago to train, the [New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/us/garrett-swasey-officer-killed-in-colorado-is-recalled-for-courage-and-faith.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news "undefined") reports. He won the junior national ice skating championship in 1992 and placed 13th in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1995. According to a [bio](http://www.hopechapelcs.org/#!leaders/c14p2 "undefined") of Swasey and his family on the church’s website, the officer was “granted a servant’s heart by God.” “Here’s a guy who worked full time as a police officer, and then gave a great amount of time to his local church and didn’t get a dime for it,” Scott Dontanville, a co-pastor with Swasey at Hope Chapel, told the [_Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/us/garrett-swasey-officer-killed-in-colorado-is-recalled-for-courage-and-faith.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4128417/planned-parenthood-police-officer-killed-garrett-swasey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4128417/planned-parenthood-police-officer-killed-garrett-swasey/"},"headline":"Everything We Know About the Officer Killed in the Planned Parenthood Shooting","datePublished":"2015-11-28T15:40:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:56:17.685Z","description":"He was one of three people killed in the Friday attack","url":"https://time.com/4128417/planned-parenthood-police-officer-killed-garrett-swasey/","keywords":["Crime","shooting","Planned Parenthood"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta74cec062ecf98c8/698872ef524fc05f37df5a98/garrett-swasey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta74cec062ecf98c8/698872ef524fc05f37df5a98/garrett-swasey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Handout photo shows University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) police officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed when a gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs","caption":"Handout photo shows University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) police officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed when a gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs","creditText":"University of Colorado Colorado Springs/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4128417/planned-parenthood-police-officer-killed-garrett-swasey/","name":"Everything We Know About the Officer Killed in the Planned Parenthood Shooting"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Raw: Planned Parenthood Shooting Survivor: \"It's not right\"","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zusEiz04/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-28T15:35:37.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zusEiz04.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4128417/planned-parenthood-police-officer-killed-garrett-swasey/","duration":"PT2M7S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4128417/planned-parenthood-police-officer-killed-garrett-swasey/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```