North Carolina Nursing Home Shooter's Wife Hid During Rampage
Wanda Luck the wife of North Carolina nursing home gunman Robert Stewart, was working the morning of the rampage. She survived the attack by hiding in a bathroom inside a locked area for Alzheimer's patients. Stewart came close to her, but because he did not know the passcode for the security doors, Luck was lucky.
Authorities believe Wanda Luck was the likely target of Stewart's rampage. Luck left Stewart approximately one month ago and moved back to her family's property. Their relationship had been on-again, off-again over many years since their first marriage in the 1980's. Stewart's mother-in-law, Margaret Neal, said that Stewart had a tendency to grow violent. "He had a rage. It would just explode over everything. He would be good and the something would just set him off", she said.
Stewart has yet to provide any motive for his actions. Nicknamed "Pee Wee" by his hunting buddies, Stewart has not been interviewed by police and remains confined to a prison hospital recovering from a gunshot wound to his chest. His court-appointed attorneys have also not yet had the opportunity to talk with him.
