A nurse at ExcelCare was fatally shot Monday morning, allegedly by her estranged partner.
Egg Harbor Township police and the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office were at the skilled nursing and rehabilitation center on Delilah Road shortly after the shooting at 6 a.m.
The Prosecutor's Office confirmed the dead and wounded in a news release, but is not naming the victims, indicating only that they knew one another.
While the victim's name has not been released, family and friends posted about the devastating loss of the health care worker, some with the hashtag "domestic violence."
BreakingAC is not naming her pending official release of the name.
The shooting “has shaken everyone at ExcelCare," a statement from the facility read. "We offer our profound condolences to our staff member’s family and friends.”
Both the facility and law enforcement categorized it as an isolated incident and that residents were not in danger.
The daughter of a patient said her mother called her at 6 a.m., saying someone came by and shut all the residents' doors.
"I could hear the fire alarms going off in the background," the daughter said.
Police then came by with long rifles and did a room sweep, she added.
Several family members expressed worry and frustration that they were not notified of the incident or as to the status of their loved ones.
A car with two men that indicated the Southern Region Medical Examiner's Office arrived on scene just after 9:30 a.m.
It is Atlantic County's first homicide of the year.
Officials previously said that it appears to be an isolated incident and there was no threat to anyone else.
Prosecutor William Reynolds was at the scene at one point but has not commented.
The office is not releasing anymore information in the case Monday, BreakingAC was told.
