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8 Dead in NC Nursing Home Shooting

By the Associated Press

Posted Mar 29, 2009 2:02 PM CDT

(AP) – A gunman opened fire at a North Carolina nursing home early today, killing at least eight people and wounding several others, police said. The local police chief says the shootings happened around 10am at Pinelake Health and Rehab in the town of Carthage. Authorities say the gunman, who's in custody, was among those injured, as was a police officer. It wasn't immediately clear what the gunman's motive might have been, but officials say he was not a resident of the home.

An investigator carries a weapon at the scene where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning, killing at least eight people in Carthage, N.C., Sunday, March 29, 2009.
An investigator carries a weapon at the scene where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning, killing at least eight people in Carthage, N.C., Sunday, March 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Investigators examine a weapon at the scene where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning, killing at least eight people in Carthage, N.C., Sunday, March 29, 2009.
Investigators examine a weapon at the scene where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning, killing at least eight people in Carthage, N.C., Sunday, March 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
A sheriff's deputy redirects traffic from where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday, killing at least eight people in Carthage, NC, Sunday, March 29, 2009.
A sheriff's deputy redirects traffic from where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday, killing at least eight people in Carthage, NC, Sunday, March 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
A law enforcement officer stands at the scene where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning.
A law enforcement officer stands at the scene where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning.   (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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AClotfelter
Mar 30, 2009 6:38 AM CDT
Crazies...
drlarrymitchell
Mar 30, 2009 6:01 AM CDT
Wow.

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