A B.C. woman who allegedly shot and wounded the manager of a continuing care home because he wanted to move her out is facing 10 criminal charges, police said Wednesday.

Among the charges stemming from the shooting, which shook a quiet community along B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, are three counts of attempted murder, robbery and pointing a firearm.

The woman also faces weapons charges in relation to the incident, which ended when RCMP shot her just steps from her home.

The suspect has been identified as Linda Howe, a 40-year-old woman who reportedly suffered a serious brain injury three years ago.

Both the suspect and the wounded man are in hospital with serious injuries, police said.

Police allege that the female suspect armed herself with two firearms and waited for the manger to come to her residence at the Good Samaritan Christenson Village in Gibbons, which is north of Vancouver.

At around 4 p.m., the 47-year-old manager arrived at the home along with three other staff members in order to move the suspect to a different facility, police said.

"Immediately after opening the door, one of the male employees was shot by the suspect, who was in possession of a long-barreled firearm," said assistant RCMP commissioner Peter German at a news conference.

"As two of the employees fled outside through an adjacent exit door, the suspect followed and shot once in their direction, narrowly missing them."

After shooting, the woman put the rifle and some of her personal things on a wheelchair and fled from her home towards the facility's parking lot, the RCMP said.

Later, the suspect used a gun to carjack a vehicle just as officers responding to an emergency call arrived at the scene.

Police warned the woman to step away from the vehicle, but later opened fire when one of the officers spotted a second weapon. She was hit at least once.

Linda Howe's father said Wednesday that his daughter relocated Gibbons about two decades ago to work as a painter and carpenter.

However, Ken Howe said she was left with a serious brain injury after a car accident three years ago.

"It scrambled her real bad," said Howe.

According to a representative at the Good Samaritan Society, which runs the Gibbons facility, the suspect was not being kicked out of her home.

"We had plans," said society president Carla Gregor. "We didn't intend to put her out on the street."

With files from The Canadian Press