Ten die in Alabama shooting spree

[Honey]

A man suspected of killing ten people, including himself, during a shooting spree in Alabama, started the day of bloodshed by killing his mother and burning down her house, police have said.


The suspect's grandfather had raised the man, but officials did not have a motive, he said.
The coroner said he was called to a convenience store in Samson where he found the body of a woman between a petrol pump and the main door. Other victims were reportedly found in a house off the local highway nearby.
The gunman is believed to have fled and driven to the neighbouring town of Geneva where he was stopped by police who rammed his car.
In an exchange of gunfire in front of a Wal-Mart store, Geneva's police chief was shot in the shoulder but not seriously hurt.
Officers then chased the gunman to a car park where he was killed. It is not known if he was shot by police or shot himself.
"Had he not been slowed down, no doubt we would have had more casualties. He was shooting anybody he saw," said Wynn Tonmelton, Geneva's mayor.
Soleta Darden, who saw the shoot-out in front of Wal-Mart, said: "I heard five shots to my right, and then I looked up and saw a maroon Eclipse speed off from the scene, then I saw deputies and troopers in pursuit after him."
"I was just scared, crazy scared. I thought, 'What the crap is going on'."

At least 8 die in Alabama shooting spree - Telegraph

[McJag]

Good lord-this is really bad.

[buttmunch]

It's now 11.

[sputnik]

it's so weird that there's a town in alabama called geneva.

[Grimmlok]

mebbe if the parking lot in wal mart had been armed with an M16 it could have defended itself..

[Laurent]

On the local news they reported that among the ones he shot and killed were his mother, girlfriend, aunt, uncle, a sheriff's deputy wife and 18 month old baby. He shot and injured the sheriff deputy's other child, a police chief and shot at a State Trooper.

Crazy.

[Grimmlok]

Guns for babies!

[Rondette]

I'm confused, I just hears on the radio about 10 people being gunned down in Germany, is this this one or a different one?

I think WE ALL NEED guns and then nobody would shoot each other. Yeah.

[Sasha]

Two different rampages Rondette. Strange isn't it?

This is all the local news can talk about. He seemed determined to annihilate his entire family. WTF?

[Laurent]

I'm confused, I just hears on the radio about 10 people being gunned down in Germany, is this this one or a different one?

They are two separate incidents.

[Grimmlok]

made a new thread about the germany one..

i hope my cousin Günter is safe.

[Rondette]

Bloody nora. Whatever is going on?

[crumpet]

it's so weird that there's a town in alabama called geneva.

Here in Va there is a Lebanon and a Syria located in the mountains.

[cmmdee]

His own mother. What a lunatic.

And why do these assholes always kill themselves? That pisses me off so much. Do the time, bitches!

[Laurent]

South AL gunman identified, death toll now at 12

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Police have now identified the man behind Tuesday's deadly south Alabama shooting spree. Police say Michael McLendon of Kinston went on a two county rampage before turning the gun on himself.

The Coffee County coroner said McLendon started his day off with bloodshed at the Kinston area home owned by his mother; a home he ended up burning to the ground. The mother's body was still inside the house Tuesday evening, but Coroner Robert Preachers said officials had not been able to enter the house to determine if she was shot. It's also believed McClendon's girlfriend was killed inside the home.

The death toll now stands at 12, including the gunman. Others citizens and law enforcment officers were wounded as McClendon drove though town firing shots at anyone in his path.

The man's shooting spree covered two counties (Coffee and Geneva) and targeted people in the town of Kinston and the cities of Samson and Geneva in extreme southeast Alabama.

Victim identities and a motive remain unknown. Preachers confirmed that several other victims of the gunman were related to him including McLendon's grandparents, an aunt and an uncle. Investigators tell WSFA 12 News the victims ranged in age from 18 months to 74-years-old.

Col. Chris Murphy, director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety, held an evening news conference at the Alabama State Troopers post in Montgomery to provide details. Murphy called the day's events "one of the worst tragedies in recent memory."

Murphy said Governor Bob Riley was briefed on the situation, and he spoke with area mayors a short time later. Riley promised state resources to help those local municipalities deal with the aftermath. (Note: Wednesday morning news conference now planned. WSFA 12 News will have coverage.)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency and many other agencies continue to work multiple crime scenes.

Murphy told media outlets that four adults and one child were found dead inside of one house, and one body was found at each of two other houses in the Samson area.

Investigators said McLendon drove down Highway 52 where he fired at least seven times on a state trooper vehicle. The trooper was wounded by broken glass.

He then drove to the Samson Pipe and Supply Company on Highway 52 where he gunned down another victim. Afterwards, he took aim at an innocent civilian at a local service station in the same area. That victim also died of their wounds.

Geneva police then began a pursuit of the suspect's vehicle, chasing McLendon to the Reliable Metal Products company in Geneva. Officials later confirmed he had been a former employee of the company, but the reasons for his leaving the company were not immediately know.

On there, officials said the man fired at least a 30 round burst of ammunition at the city police chief before running inside the business. The police chief was grazed by gunfire but was wearing a bullet-proof vest.

A short time later investigators said they heard shots inside the building, and when they entered the business they found the man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

WSFA 12 News has a crew on the scene and will have the latest information in a live report from there on Today in Alabama Wednesday morning.

Anyone who was in the area at the time with helpful information is asked to call the Dothan trooper post at 334-983-4587.

WSFA 12 News Montgomery, AL |South AL gunman identified, death toll now at 12