The family of the man who was shot at a nursing home in Gibsons on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast earlier this week spoke about his condition on Thursday.

Kenn Perrier was shot at the Good Samaritan Christenson Village Care Home, where he is the assistant manager. His family says the bullet went through the 47-year-old's arm and into his side.

Linda Lorraine Howe has been charged with 10 counts, including three charges of attempted murder and the unlawful possession of both a rifle and a handgun in connection with the alleged incident.

Sunshine Coast RCMP believe Perrier was shot, and several other care home employees were fired upon, when they tried to evict a resident.

Perrier's condition had been upgraded and his family remained at his side, said a family spokesman.

"His wife, mother and sisters have gathered in Vancouver to be at his side and assist him in whatever way they can as he recovers. It's too early to tell what the outcome will be for him. The doctors at Vancouver General Hospital say he has been upgraded from serious to stable, but his road to recovery will be long," said Jeff Lee.

Howe's friends are surprised by the charges.

"She's not the sort of person to pick up a gun and use it on another human being....it's not in her nature," said David Croal.

Howe will make her first appearance in a Vancouver court on Friday, April 3.

Mounties allege the violence erupted Tuesday around 4:20 p.m. when four employees came to the door of Howe's room at the facility to try to evict her over a potential fire hazard.

Sunshine Coast Police shot her several times in the parking lot of the care home after she allegedly shot Perrier and fled the building, attempting to commandeer a vehicle.

Howe's father told CTV News his daughter was with the Canadian Armed Forces in the 1990s and was involved in a car accident several years ago that changed her personality.

"It scrambled her real bad," said Ken Howe, a retired carpenter.

"I've never seen her violent or anything like that. For her to do anything now it takes her two to three times as long because she's got to get trying to get it into her head, before she could do it just like nothing."

With a report by CTV British Columbia's Leah Hendry.