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The Carthage nursing home shooting was a mass murder that occurred on March 29, 2009, when a gunman opened fire at the Pinelake Health and Rehab nursing home in Carthage, North Carolina. The shooter, 45-year-old Robert Stewart, killed eight people and wounded a ninth person before being shot and apprehended by a responding police officer, who was also wounded by gunfire.〔(Man kills eight at US care home ), ''BBC'' (March 29, 2009)〕 Stewart's estranged wife, a nurse at the nursing home and the apparent main target, survived the shooting unharmed, as she was hiding in a bathroom in the Alzheimer ward of the building, which is secured by passcode-protected doors.〔(North Carolina Nursing Home Gunman's Wife Hid in Bathroom During Rampage ), ''Fox News'' (March 31, 2009)〕 Stewart, who is being held in North Carolina's maximum security Central Prison in Raleigh, was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder.〔(Town's lone officer subdued N.C. nursing home shooter ), ''The State'' (March 31, 2009)〕〔(Warrants: NC man said he doesn’t remember rampage ), ''The News Courier'' (April 7, 2009)〕 On September 3, 2011, he was found guilty of eight counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to 142 years to 179-and-a-half years in prison. The defense had argued that Stewart was under the influence of Ambien during the shooting, leaving him unable to control his actions.〔(Robert Stewart guilty of 2nd-degree murder, sentenced to life in prison ), ''The Fayetteville Observer'' (September 4, 2011)〕 ==Shooting== Robert Stewart, dressed in a bib overall, arrived at the parking lot of the nursing home just before 10:00 a.m., where he shot several times at his wife's car, shattering its windows. He also shot at Michael Lee Cotten, a visitor, in his car, when he pulled into the parking lot, and hit him in the left shoulder. Cotten, who later stated that Stewart was "very calm, very deliberate" when he fired at him, managed to run into the building and warn the people inside of the gunman. Police received the first emergency calls at approximately 10:00 a.m. and the only police officer on duty, Justin Garner, who had been visiting his mother Tessie, was dispatched to the scene about one minute later.〔(Alleged Gunman’s Wife Worked at Nursing Home ), ''The New York Times'' (March 30, 2009)〕 Leaving a camouflage Remington 597 .22 caliber rifle atop a Jeep Cherokee, Stewart entered the nursing home armed with a .357-caliber handgun, a .22 Magnum semi-automatic pistol, and a 12-gauge Winchester 1300 shotgun and went down the hall, apparently searching for his wife, Wanda Neal, who had been reassigned to the Alzheimer unit that morning. Upon realizing that his wife wasn't where she usually worked, he headed to the area for Alzheimer's patients, which was secured by passcode-protected doors. As he walked through the hallways of the nursing home, Stewart killed seven residents, two of them in their wheelchairs, while the staff tried to bring the patients to safety. One nurse, Jerry Avant, was also shot and killed when he tried to stop the gunman.〔(Suspect took 'nerve pills' ), ''The News & Observer'' (April 8, 2009)〕〔('I never knew he'd take it that far' ), ''The Fayetteville Observer'' (April 1, 2009)〕 Stewart was finally stopped in the hallway at about 10:05 a.m. by Officer Garner. After refusing several orders to drop his weapon, Stewart lowered his shotgun and fired a shot at Garner, hitting him in the leg and foot. Garner returned fire and hit the gunman in the shoulder, incapacitating him. When the shooting was over, six people were dead and five others, including Stewart, were taken to a nearby hospital. Two of the wounded died the same day. In the hospital, Stewart told a nurse that he had taken six "nerve pills" and did not remember anything about the shooting.〔(Gunman Kills 8 at a N. Carolina Nursing Home ), ''The New York Times'' (March 29, 2009)〕 〔(911 tapes show fast response by Carthage officer ), ''The Fayetteville Observer'' (April 3, 2009)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carthage nursing home shooting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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