Houston shooter fired 212 roundsHOUSTON — An Army veteran of two Afghanistan tours who killed one person and wounded six others during a weekend rampage fired 212 rounds from his military-style rifle before a SWAT officer fatally shot him, police said Tuesday.“Suffice to say, after he fired 212 rounds, he was prepared,” police Lt. John McGalin said of ammunition carried by 25-year-old Dionisio Garza III of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.McGalin said Garza was armed with an AR-15 rifle and a pistol and likely was experiencing a “mental health crisis” when he opened fire Sunday morning at a Houston auto detail shop, using the pistol to kill a customer, then retrieving the rifle and spraying the west Houston neighborhood, motorists and then police with gunshots.Six people were wounded, including two officers and three motorists. McGalin said the sixth person wounded, John Wilson, 30, who initially on Sunday was considered a possible suspect in the outburst, was a nearby resident who armed himself after hearing all the gunfire and intended to try to assist in stopping Garza.

Scientists say Flint water OK for bathingMunicipal water in Flint, Mich., has improved significantly and is suitable for personal cleanliness uses, scientists said Tuesday in a bid to calm fears raised by an actor and others who have questioned the safety of the supply that flows into the city’s bathtubs and showers.Marc Edwards, a Virginia Tech engineering professor whose testing last summer confirmed the lead contamination of Flint’s water, said sampling in recent months has found that lead levels are steadily declining, although they remain too high for people to drink from the tap without a filter.Also trending downward are bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease, while byproducts from disinfectant chemicals are at normal levels, he and other specialists said.