FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, Robert Lewis Dear talks during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dear, who admits killing three people and wounding nine others at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic on Nov. 27, told KCNC-TV on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 the shooting was spur-of-the-moment.(Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, Pool, File)
FILE – In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, Robert Lewis Dear, middle, talks during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo. The man who acknowledges killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic will return to court for a discussion of his mental health. The Thursday, April 28, 2016 hearing will focus on whether 57-year-old Dear is competent to continue with his criminal case. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, Pool, File)
FILE – In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, Robert Lewis Dear, middle, talks during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo. The man who acknowledges killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic will return to court for a discussion of his mental health. The Thursday, April 28, 2016 hearing will focus on whether 57-year-old Dear is competent to continue with his criminal case. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, Pool, File)

COLORADO SPRINGS |  A Colorado judge says a man who acknowledges killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic remains mentally incompetent.

Robert Dear was not present in court on Monday for the routine hearing reviewing his mental health status.

The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that Dear was first judged to be legally incompetent two years ago. He has been held at the state mental health hospital in Pueblo since then.

Dear is charged with 179 counts, including murder and attempted murder, stemming from the Nov. 27, 2015, shooting at the Colorado Springs clinic that also injured nine.

The next hearing to review Dear’s status is scheduled for July 27.

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