--- description: He says he locked eyes with the gunman during the attack title: Planned Parenthood Shooting Eye Witness: 'I Just Felt Helpless' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82c04a8c8b8db530/698872f38e0601213e46386b/ozy-licano.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Planned Parenthood Shooting Eye Witness: 'I Just Felt Helpless' by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2015 4:23 PM CUT  Planned Parenthood clinic shooting survivor Ozy Licano describes his encounter with the shooter, in Colorado Springs CO on Nov. 27, 2015. Planned Parenthood clinic shooting survivor Ozy Licano describes his encounter with the shooter, in Colorado Springs CO on Nov. 27, 2015.Christian Murdock—AP by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2015 4:23 PM CUT An eye witness to the [shooting](http://time.com/4128390/planned-parenthood-shooting-colorado-springs/?xid=homepage "undefined") at a Planned Parenthood office in Colorado Springs described a chaotic scene in which he locked eyes with the gunman outside the facility. Ozy Licano encountered the attacker, who police have identified as Robert Lewis Dear, in the building’s parking lot. Dear opened fire on Licano’s car, shooting into his windshield. Licano was able to drive away and was not seriously injured. Three people were killed during the shooting, including a police officer. “There were a lot of women in there, very innocent people,” Licano said after the shooting. “I just felt helpless, that’s all. And I don’t like feeling helpless.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4128443/planned-parenthood-shooting-eye-witness-i-just-felt-helpless/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4128443/planned-parenthood-shooting-eye-witness-i-just-felt-helpless/"},"headline":"Planned Parenthood Shooting Eye Witness: 'I Just Felt Helpless'","datePublished":"2015-11-28T16:23:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:56:20.039Z","description":"He says he locked eyes with the gunman during the attack","url":"https://time.com/4128443/planned-parenthood-shooting-eye-witness-i-just-felt-helpless/","keywords":["Colorado","Crime","shooting","Planned Parenthood"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82c04a8c8b8db530/698872f38e0601213e46386b/ozy-licano.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/blt82c04a8c8b8db530/698872f38e0601213e46386b/ozy-licano.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"APTOPIX Planned Parenthood Shooting","caption":"APTOPIX Planned Parenthood Shooting","creditText":"Christian Murdock—AP","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/4128443/planned-parenthood-shooting-eye-witness-i-just-felt-helpless/","name":"Planned Parenthood Shooting Eye Witness: 'I Just Felt Helpless'"}}]}] ```