One dead and two injured in shooting at Texas Ice facility | First Thing
Authorities say all three people shot were detainees at Dallas facility. Plus, WHO rejects Trump's claims of link between Tylenol and autism
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One detainee has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in Dallas, according to officials.
What are the details of the shooting? The Dallas police department said officers responded to a call at approximately 6.40am on Wednesday. Police said the suspect opened fire at a government building from an adjacent building. Two people were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. One victim died at the scene. The suspect is deceased."
Do we know anything about a potential motive at this stage? Authorities said the FBI was investigating the incident as an act of targeted violence. The head of the FBI field office in Dallas said rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-Ice in nature". One of the unspent shell casings recovered had the phrase ANTI-ICE" written on it, according to a post from the FBI director, Kash Patel.
What have Republican opponents said? Bill Cassidy, a Republican senator for Louisiana and the chair of the Senate health committee, has led a rebellion on the administration's health policies. You're going to change a medical guideline without science?" Cassidy told the Hill. I mean, you're going to build a bridge without physics? You're going to fly a plane without engineering?"
What about medical experts? From the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, doctors have endorsed the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy - after expressing alarm as Trump baselessly linked the painkiller with a rise in autism among children.
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