Texas man charged with killing two nurses opened fire while his girlfriend was giving birth

A Texas man who is facing capital murder charges for fatally shooting two nurses over the weekend was at the Dallas hospital while his girlfriend was giving birth, it was revealed. 

Nestor Oswaldo Hernandez, 30, was on parole for aggravated robbery and was wearing an active GPS ankle monitor when he opened fire near the delivery rooms at Methodist Dallas Medical Center on Saturday morning.

But Hernandez was granted permission to be at the hospital ‘to be with his significant other during delivery,’ a prison spokesperson told Dallas Morning News.

Methodist Health System police, Dallas police and Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the shooting inside the hospital around 11 a.m., the Morning News reported.

The names of the victims and their positions at the hospital were not immediately released. The motive of the shooting is not known and it’s not clear whether Hernandez is the father of the child.

Nestor Oswaldo Hernandez, 30, who opened fire at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Texas on Saturday – killing two nurses – was on parole for aggravated at the time of the shooting

Hernandez has a lengthy criminal history and now faces capital murder charges for fatally shooting two nurses over the weekend was at the Dallas hospital

Texas police rushed to the hospital on North Beckley Avenue shortly before noon on Saturday after calls came in about a shooting inside the medical facility.  

‘A Methodist Health System Police Officer arrived on the scene, confronted the suspect, and fired his weapon at the suspect, injuring him,’ hospital spokesperson Ryan Owens said in a statement.

Hernandez was taken to another local hospital for treatment, the Dallas Morning News reported. He now faces capital murder charges. 

He was on parole at the time of the shooting for a robbery took place in December 2011, the Morning News reported. 

Hernandez and another person allegedly made ‘vulgar’ remarks toward a friend of the victim at a convenience store on Royal Lane in Northwest Dallas. 

When the victim walked over to confront them, the person with Hernandez apologized and invited the victim into their car to share a cigarette, according to a police report obtained by the Morning News. 

At the time of the shooting he was on parole for aggravated robbery and was wearing an active ankle monitor, police said

Hernandez was taken to another local hospital for treatment, the Dallas Morning News reported. He now faces capital murder charges

The person then pointed to a silver revolver in the victim’s face and demanded property. When the victim resisted, he was pistol-whipped while Hernandez went through his pockets, according to court documents.

Hernandez was pulled over in a traffic stop a short time later and a police officer noticed blood inside the car. Hernandez also had heroin and a .38-caliber gun in the car, authorities said. 

He pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery and was sentenced to two years in prison.

Hernandez was arrested in a second robbery – this one taking place in January 2015.

The victim was walking into her Dallas apartment when a man and woman pulled her down and threatened to kill her. They covered her head with duct tape and locked her in a bathroom while they ransacked her apartment. 

The suspects stole her car and about $3,000 in cash for a school fundraiser before leaving, the Morning News reported. 

Two maternity ward nurses were killed in a shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center on Saturday morning. Police rushed to the scene shortly before noon (above) 

Hernandez was on parole at the time of the shooting for a robbery took place in December 2011

The suspected shooter was fired at by hospital police and taken into custody 

Hernandez and another woman were arrested a short time later. He pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Hernandez did not serve his full sentence and was paroled. 

The hospital system released a statement about the deaths: ‘The Methodist Health System Family is heartbroken at the loss of two of our beloved team members. Our entire organization is grieving this unimaginable tragedy.’

The shooting follows hospital shootings in September in Little Rock, Arkansas, that killed a visitor and one in June in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that left four dead.