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Jamie Landers

Feds investigating how Methodist hospital shooting suspect, felon acquired handgun

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating how the Methodist hospital shooting suspect acquired a handgun as both a felon and parolee, officials confirmed to The Dallas Morning News Thursday.

Sara Abel, an ATF spokesperson for the Dallas division, said the agency is tracing the firearm police said 30-year-old Nestor Oswaldo Hernandez used Saturday, when Jacqueline Ama Pokuaa, a caseworker, and Katie Annette Flowers, a nurse, were fatally shot inside Methodist Dallas Medical Center in north Oak Cliff.

Hernandez was booked into the Dallas County jail Wednesday, where he faces a charge of capital murder and aggravated assault of a public servant. His bail was set at $3 million, and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.

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