Man who allegedly shot and killed two Dallas hospital employees was in the building to watch his child's birth, authorities say - CNN

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The antheral who allegedly shot and killed 2 employees successful the maternity ward of a Dallas infirmary was successful the gathering to be the commencement of his child, authorities said.

Nestor Hernandez, 30, was arrested connected Saturday and is facing superior execution charges aft authorities accidental helium changeable and killed 2 employees astatine the Methodist Dallas Medical Center, the Dallas Police Department said.

Police responded to the infirmary astatine astir 11 a.m. aft receiving reports of an progressive shooting, the Methodist Health System said successful a statement.

A Methodist Health System Police serviceman confronted and changeable the suspect, the infirmary strategy said. Hernandez was detained, stabilized and taken to different infirmary for treatment, the connection added.

Hernandez was connected parole for aggravated robbery and was wearing an progressive ankle monitor, Dallas constabulary said. He was fixed support to beryllium astatine the infirmary portion his important different gave birth, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

The shooting took spot successful the “mother/baby” portion of the hospital, the wellness strategy said.

“The Methodist Health System Family is heartbroken astatine the nonaccomplishment of 2 of our beloved squad members,” said a connection from the aesculapian system’s enforcement leadership. “Our full enactment is grieving this unimaginable tragedy.”

Hernandez had been “acting strangely” anterior to the shooting and accusing his woman of infidelity, according to an apprehension warrant obtained by CNN affiliate WFAA.

After accusing his woman of cheating, Hernandez began searching the closet and bath for idiosyncratic other who whitethorn person been successful the room, the warrant states. The fishy produced a limb from his pants and struck his woman aggregate times successful the head, according to the warrant.

Hernandez past sat connected a sofa and allegedly told his woman that “we are some going to dice today” and “whoever comes successful this country is going to dice with us,” the warrant states. Moments later, a infirmary worker entered the country to supply services to the suspect’s woman and the fishy stood up and fatally changeable the employee.

Another infirmary worker and a Methodist Hospital System Police serviceman were successful a hallway and heard the gunshot. The unit subordinate looked wrong the country and saw the archetypal unfortunate connected the floor, according to the warrant. After entering the room, the 2nd worker was besides allegedly changeable and killed by Hernandez.

The serviceman past took screen and changeable Hernandez successful the close leg, according to the warrant.

The aesculapian strategy enactment said successful a abstracted connection that information connected Methodist Health campuses is “of paramount interest and is evaluated connected an ongoing ground and anytime an contented occurs.”

In effect to the attack, constabulary staffing volition beryllium accrued connected the field “out of an abundance of caution,” the connection said. The infirmary had precocious installed caller camera systems, strengthened carnal information measures and held active-shooting grooming for employees.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia successful a Twitter post called the onslaught “a tragedy, and an abhorrent nonaccomplishment of our transgression justness system.”

“This is unacceptable,” said Dr. Serena Bumpus, CEO of the Texas Nurses Association. “No idiosyncratic should fearfulness for their beingness for simply going to work, particularly a caregiver oregon wellness attraction idiosyncratic whose passionateness is to assistance others heal. We anticipation our legislators recognize that we request to support our wellness attraction workers.”