Six killed in US shooting
By IANSMonday, March 30, 2009
WASHINGTON - Six people were killed in a shooting at a retirement home in the city of Carthage in the US state of North Carolina, CNN reported Sunday.
Three more people, including a police officer, were injured in the shooting, the report said, quoting the chief of the Carthage police.
The shooter was also wounded and had been taken to a hospital.
The shooter, a male, entered the facility in the morning and opened fire.
The retirement home houses about 90 people with special needs, many suffering from Alzheimer’s.
No motives for the attack were known. A press conference was planned for later in the day.
Carthage is about 100 km from Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina.
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