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Tessie Garner

Case from Carthage, NC dated Mar 29, 2009

Victim Details

Tessie Garner

Female

Carthage

NC

2009-03-29

75

Tessie

Garner

07/25/2026

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Tessie Garner, a 75-year-old woman from Carthage, North Carolina, was one of the victims in a tragic shooting incident at the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center on March 29, 2009. The incident, which has been described as a massacre, resulted in the deaths of eight individuals, including Tessie Garner. The shooter, identified as Robert Kenneth Stewart, entered the nursing home and began shooting indiscriminately, ultimately killing seven residents and a nurse. Tessie Garner, along with the other v ...
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  • Pinelake Health Center NC 03-29-2009
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