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Paxton demands stricter vetting after deadly Texas rampage by suspect who was naturalized citizen

WACO, TX – In the aftermath of a shooting rampage in Texas by a gunman who was a naturalized citizen from Africa, state Attorney General Ken Paxton says that authorities "have to do a better job vetting people when they come here."Paxton, who's challenging longtime Sen. John Cornyn for the Republican Senate nomination in Tuesday's primary, was commenting about this weekend's shooting in Austin, Texas, that left three people, including the gunman, dead, and more than a dozen injured.The suspect, identified as Ndiaga Diagne, was a 53-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Senegal and...