Nestor Hernandez mug shot from June 2022, via the Dallas County Sheriff’s office.
The Methodist Health System Police arrested a man who shot and killed two Methodist Dallas Medical Center employees near a labor and delivery unit Saturday.
Nestor Hernandez, 30, was arrested on capital murder charges. He was wearing an ankle monitor at the time of the shooting and has a history of violent crime, according to news reports.
Hernandez was on parole for a 2015 aggravated robbery at the time of the shooting, KDFW reports.
The TV station reports:
According to the 2015 indictment, Hernandez and a female suspect attacked a woman who was returning home from work. The victim had her hands taped together and tape put over her eyes, while Hernandez took her phone, car and $3,000 in cash from a school fundraiser. The victim sustained a broken nose and a fractured eye.
Hernandez pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight years in prison. He was paroled Oct. 20, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice granted permission for him to be at the hospital, while he was on house arrest, while his significant other was giving birth and recovering, the station reports.
Hernandez’s criminal history includes arrests for robbery, theft, burglary and assault of a public servant.
