Krueger said the victims were Pinelake residents Tessie Garner, 88; Lillian Dunn, 89; Jessie Musser, 88; Bessie Hendrick, 78; John Goldston, 78; Margaret Johnson, 89; Louise Decker, 98; and nurse Jerry Avant Jr., 39.
“All I heard was just that someone went in there and started shooting and that he was after his wife,” said Jerry Avant, Jerry Avant Jr.’s father.
Jerry Avant said doctors called his son a hero.
“He saved a lot of lives before he went down,” Jerry Avant said.
Tammy Clark’s mother was inside the nursing home when the rampage began.
“To my understanding he was shooting at the residents and the workers,” Clark said. “He went into the room and shot some of the people right there in their beds.”
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We’ve been at an elderly neighbor’s house as her sister is among the dead. This is far reaching in my area as everyone knows everyone here, particularly all of the older folks.