One shot from a wounded police officer to the gunman's chest stopped yesterday's killing spree in a North Carolina nursing home, police said today. Officer Justin Garner, 25, fired a single shot at 45-year-old Robert Stewart, after Stewart killed seven residents and a nurse in the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center. Stewart also shot Garner in the leg three times and wounded two other people, police said. The chief of police also said he now believes Stewart may have targeted the nursing home because his estranged wife works there. Stewart is scheduled to appear in court next week, where he will face charges of eight counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony assault of a law enforcement officer.
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