http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6734388
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MOORE COUNTY (WTVD) -- At least six people are dead and several injured after a shooting at an assisted living facility in the town of Carthage.
The incident happened around 10 a.m. on Sunday. Carthage Police were called to Pinelake Health and Rehabilitation Center in reference to a shooting.
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Police confirm six people are dead and three are injured. A police officer and the shooter are among the injured. The shooter is in custody.
Carthage Police Department Chief Chris McKenzie describes the shooter as an "young adult male." He says the shooter walked into the facility around 10 a.m. McKenzie says the shooter was not a patient at Pinelake Health and Rehabilitation Center.
No other information is being released at this time.
Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital tells Eyewitness News several people were transported to the hospital. Gretchen Kelly with the hospital says the first shooting victim arrived by ambulance at 10:34 a.m. Kelly says they initially received six patients from the shooting.
Since then, two have died, two are still being treated and two have been released. It isn't clear if the two dead are among the six initially reported dead by police. She is not saying the conditions or anything about the patients. Kelly also says she does not know if one of them was shooter.
The hospital was on lockdown for about four hours. No one was allowed to enter or leave the Pinehurst facility during that time.
A witness says he saw the police officer airlifted from the scene sometime between 10:30 and 11 a.m.
Multiple police units are on the scene surrounding the nursing home including the Moore County Sheriff's Department, Vass Police, Robbins Police and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.
A Web site decribes Pinelake Health and Rehabilitation Center as a rehabilitation, nursing and Alzheimer's care unit with 90 nursing beds and 20 Special Care Alzheimer's beds. The facility is about 60 miles southwest of Raleigh.
This is a developing story. Eyewitness News will update when more information becomes available.
