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Two Confirmed Dead in Texas Healthcare Center Shooting

© REUTERS / Victor Calzada/El Paso TimesEl Paso police block off an entrance to the Beaumont Army Medical Center as other officers search for a gunman during a shooting incident in El Paso, Texas January 6, 2015
El Paso police block off an entrance to the Beaumont Army Medical Center as other officers search for a gunman during a shooting incident in El Paso, Texas January 6, 2015 - Sputnik International
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US Army Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty said that two people have been confirmed dead after a US city of El Paso clinic shooting.

MOSCOW, January 7 (Sputnik) — Two people including the alleged gunman have been confirmed dead after a shooting at a clinic in the US city of El Paso, Texas, US Army Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty said.

El Paso police block off an entrance to the Beaumont Army Medical Center as other officers search for a gunman during a shooting incident in El Paso, Texas January 6, 2015 - Sputnik International
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“The alleged shooter is dead and we have one casualty… the shooting incident is under investigation,” Twitty told reporters.

The shooting, which took place on at around 4 p.m. local time (11 p.m. GMT) on Tuesday, was initially reported to have happened at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center, but was later confirmed to have taken place at neighbouring El Paso VA Health Care System.

Shortly after the incident, local media reported that the alleged gunman was found dead at the scene after what appeared to be a suicide, while a doctor working at the clinic had been shot and injured.

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