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"Terrorists" Bomb arkansas Doctor's LEXUS.

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"Dr. Trent Pierce was well-liked and a pillar of the West Memphis , Arkansas, community, sources say" The chairman of the Arkansas Medical Board was critically injured Wednesday when a bomb placed on the front end of his Lexus hybrid SUV exploded at his West Memphis, Arc-kansas, home -- a blast heard a mile away, police said. Dr. Trent Pierce, a family practitioner, was flown to a hospital across the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee, after the 8 a.m. blast, police Chief Robert Paudert said, adding that Pierce may be transferred to a burn center in Ohio. Officials said he was in critical condition. "It's a terrorist attack on Dr. Pierce," Paudert said. "We just don't know why someone would do this... We're going to find out." He added that Pierce is his physician and is well known and loved in the community, "a gentle and kind person." Local and federal officials urged anyone with information to contact law enforcement ag...