Participants Database – Display Single Record

Last content update and data verfication was on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 08:11:24 (America/New York — EST — UTC -5) by MEB MediaX Webmaster or authorized designee.

Details

Mass Shooting
Carthage Nursing Home Mass Shooting
Municipality
Carthage
State
North Carolina – NC
Zip Code
27330
Region
South
Division
South Atlantic
Incident Date
March 29, 2009
Venue Type
Workplace
Killed
8
Injured
2

Ranking Data

Preventable Factors/Rankings
222 1630507790 Parental Failures/Interventions Lacking – Parent(s) Negligent for Inaction Against Dependent Child (Perpetrator) Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent - Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Behavior Personally Erratic/Deviated from Individual/Societal Norms Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Was in Directed and Overt Incident Preparatory Mode Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Expressed Suicidal Ideation and/or Suicide by Police and/or Expressed Violent Intentions Privately and/or Publicly in Person and/or In Any Medium Commercial Establishment Failure - Commercial Establishment Failure Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Custodial Issues - Questionable Release/Remand of Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Questionable "Blue Paper" Rejections of Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Questionable Search Warrant Rejection(s) for Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Law Enforcement Failure - Delayed Response or Inaction to Perpetrator(s) at Incident Scene Criminal Justice System Failures - Law Enforcement Failure - Delayed/Ignored/or No Follow-up to Telltale Perpetrator(s) Event(s) Preceding Incident Criminal Justice System Failures - Probation/Parole Failure - Failure to Pursue/Report Probation/Parole Violation(s) for Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Prosecutorial Failure - Failure to Pursue Warranted Criminal Charges Against Perpetrator(s) and/or Failure to Petition the Court for a Red Flag Hearing Gun Laws Inadequate - Inadequate Gun Law(s) Contributed to Perpetrator(s) Execution of the Incident Gun Laws Inadequate - Inadequate Gun Law(s) Exacerbated the Incident Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Attested to Mental Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Charged With Mental Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Identified With Metal Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) School System Failures/Interventions Lacking – School Officials Negligent for Inaction Against Perpetrator(s) Unnecessarily Accessible Perpetrator(s) Weapon(s) - Weapon(s) Was Unnecessarily Accessible to the Perpetrator Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel - Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security)3 Venue Structural Security Lacking - Venue Had Limited Structural Security Venue Structural Security Lacking - Venue Structural Security was Nonexistent Venue Perimeter Security Lacking - Venue Had Limited Perimeter Security Venue Perimeter Security Lacking - Venue Perimeter Security was Nonexistent Vexatious Cascade of Events Beset Perpetrator(s) - Vexatious Cascade of Events Beset Perpetrator(s) Whatever System Failure - Whatever System Failure
    Blatant Rankings - Points Doubled
    0
    Preventable Rankings Score
    3
    Preventable Status
    Completely Unpreventable

    Preventable Factors

    Preventable Factor Details

    Last content update and data verfication was on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 08:11:24 (America/New York — EST — UTC -5) by MEB MediaX Webmaster or authorized designee.

    Takeaway(s): —There needs to be good guys with guns at every venue. Incident Preventable Factor(s): —Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel – Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security): We say it early and often, but there needs to be good guys with guns at every venue. Certainly in workplaces with more than 10 workers which was not the case in this case. Editor’s Note: Other than the foregoing there aren’t any other preventable ranking factors for this case. While the perpetrator had led a troubled life, by today’s standards it wasn’t horrible, and none of it was red flag like. Source(s): Baxley, Jaymie. March 31, 2019 – Updated January 11, 2020. “Pinelake at 10: A Decade in the Shadow of North Carolina’s Deadliest Mass Shooting”. The Pilot. Retereived September 1, 2021, from https://www.thepilot.com/news/pinelake-at-10-a-decade-in-the-shadow-of-north-carolinas-deadliest-mass-shooting/article_33d2be06-522a-11e9-b3d5-230b8a7f488f.html.

    Fluidity

    Criminal Case Pending?
    No
    Civil Litigation Pending?
    No
    Trending
    ⯀

    Administrative Information

    Credible Source Inquires?
    1
    Are Credible Source Inquires Inline Endnotes?
    Yes
    Assessment Status?
    Pending
    Editorial Board Approval?
    Pending

    Record Information

    Last Updated
    Lexar
    Record ID
    33
    Private ID
    XFA6PEG
    Date Recorded
    2021-08-31 21:34:57
    Date Updated
    2023-10-24 02:13:13
    Last Accessed
    Type Designation