Ok…what is this world really coming to? Over the last few weeks, more and more crimes have been reporting happening in nursing homes. On sunday, in North Carolina, a man shot and killed eight people in a nursing home, seven patients and a nurse. The man that’s being accused of carrying out the attack is 45-year-old Robert Stewart, which is now in custody. According to reports, Robert Stewart isn’t an employee of Pinelake Health and Rehab Center, which is where the shooting happened, and it’s said that he isn’t related to any of the patients. There is so much left to be known about why this man performed such heinous acts. This man faces up to eight counts of first degree murder and one count for felony assault on a police officer.
Why would anyone do something like this? Here at The Things We Talk About, we ask that you keep these families that have been affected by this tragedy in your prayers.
Stewart was not an employee of the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center, and he did not appear to have been related to any of the patients, she said.