[Bullet Magnet]

He didn't. She'd been one for a long time (presumably since before she first saw the Eye Patch Lady), and that's why he went back to investigate an earlier version of the Flesh. I still don't get why he killed her, though..

According to Confidential, that ganger wasn't sapient at all, only controlled remotely. Presumably it was made with future tech that solved the problem of gangers being real people, as evidenced by the fact that it is able to be controlled across time as well as space.