McKenzie said . `` If that 's not heroism , I do n't know what is , '' he said . Garner is `` in very good spirits , resting at home , '' he added . McKenzie said he did not know the latest on Stewart 's condition . The alleged gunman 's motive remained a mystery . Stewart has not made a public statement nor has an attorney on his behalf . His wife has not issued a statement either . Meanwhile , his ex-wife , Sue Griffin , told CNN affiliate WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham , North Carolina , `` He did have some violent tendencies from time to time . '' She added that when she heard the news of Sunday 's shooting , `` I could n't believe it -- then I stopped , thought about it and thought , ` It is possible . It 's possible . ' '' At a news conference Monday , McKenzie described the shooting spree as `` unimaginable '' and `` horrific . '' `` Everything that you can possibly imagine that is bad in the world , '' he said . `` This does n't happen , but
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man accused of killing eight people in a shooting spree at a North Carolina nursing home is the husband of a woman who worked there , police said Monday . Robert Stewart faces eight counts of first-degree murder in the nursing home shootings . The two may have been separated , said Carthage , North Carolina , Police Chief Chris McKenzie . He did not say if the wife was in the building at the time . The alleged gunman , Robert Stewart , was carrying several weapons , authorities said . Seven patients and a nurse were killed , and three people were wounded , including a visitor and a police officer . All the wounded are expected to survive , McKenzie said . Officer Justin Garner was shot in the leg , McKenzie said . `` As I understand , there were three pellets in his shin , leg and foot , '' he said . Garner entered the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center alone with no backup and brought the shooting spree to an end with a single shot , hitting Stewart in the `` chest , upper torso area , ''