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Colorado Springs shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear of North Carolina is seen in undated photos provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. A gunman burst into a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, and opened fire, launching several gunbattles and an hourslong standoff with police as patients and staff took cover. By the time the shooter surrendered, at least three people were killed, including a police officer and at least nine others were wounded, authorities said. (El Paso County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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This May 26, 2014 booking photo provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office shows Ryan Jean in El Paso, Texas. Jean was arrested for painting threatening graffiti on two billboards in El Paso with messages very similar to those used by Mexican drug cartels. He told authorities he was trying to prove a point that people die because of the drug trade. (AP Photo/El Paso County Sheriff's Office)

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This undated handout photo provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office on Aug. 1, 2011 shows Lorenzo Garcia. The El Paso Times reports Saturday, April 19, 2014 that Texas education officials want to repeal the state certifications of 11 administrators linked to an El Paso classroom cheating scandal from 2007 to 2010. School officials were accused of holding students back or coercing them into dropping out to improve standardized test scores. The fallout led to Garcia, the former district superintendent, pleading guilty to fraud. He is serving a three-year prison term. (AP Photo/El Paso County Sheriff's Office)