CHARLOTTE: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers. But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively counter the growing threat:
17. Emergency personnel today responded to a double shooting at an assisted living facility.
An 89-year-old man was shot by police at a senior living center after he allegedly opened fire on his 65-year-old son, who later died at a local hospital.