Dallas ICE facility shooter feared radiation exposure and practiced shooting, records show | Ap

The parents of the 29-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Dallas immigration facility in September told police their son was “completely normal” before he moved to Washington state and returned home several years ago believing he had radiation sickness, according to newly released records.

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