Colorado Planned Parenthood gunman claims he's been forcibly medicated
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dec. 9, 2015: Robert Lewis Dear, middle, talks during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP)
A man charged with fatally shooting three people and injuring nine more at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs says he's been forcibly medicated at the state psychiatric hospital.
Robert Lewis Dear Jr. made the claim Tuesday while entering a courtroom for a hearing. It wasn't immediately clear if it was true.
The Gazette reports that Dear's attorney said the forced medication issue was addressed at a previously unannounced hearing last week in Pueblo, home of the Colorado Mental Health Institute. Attorneys for both sides declined to discuss what happened.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dear has been held at the hospital since May, when a judge ruled he wasn't fit to continue his legal proceedings.
Tuesday's hearing dealt mostly with motions about access to documents. Another hearing is set for Nov. 17.