Posted on 03/10/2009 5:07:02 PM PDT by Peter Horry
Early reports indicate between 5 and 8 people have been shot to death in Geneva County after a gunman went on a killing spree. Details are hard to come by at this time.
A suspect opened fire in several Wiregrass cities as he fled from authorities. News 4 report says that at a house the shooter killed several members of his family.
(Excerpt) Read more at wtvynews4.com ...
why don’t these people just shoot themselves and get it over with?
I’m voting for cowardice.
Samson, AL ... south end of the state ...
Dothan, AL.....I wonder if JD’s tractor mafia is at it again?
Ten dead in Geneva County shooting spree
Ten people are dead, including the man behind a shooting spree which started in Samson and ended in Geneva late Tuesday afternoon.
Geneva Mayor Wynn Tonmelton said there are eight dead in Samson and one in between Samson and Geneva.
They have too much self-esteem but not enough for revolution just enough to terrorize harmless bystanders.
Samson and Geneva are only a few miles from here. About the last place I would expect something like this to happen.
Both are sleepy quiet farming communities.
RIP.
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5 dead in Alabama shooting
SAMSON, Ala. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies say they are investigating a shooting in south Alabama that left five people dead
10 dead
10 dead in Geneva County shooting spree
Staff reports
Published: March 10, 2009
Ten people are dead, including the man behind a shooting spree which started in Samson and ended in Geneva late Tuesday afternoon.
Geneva Mayor Wynnton Melton said there are eight dead in Samson and one in between Samson and Geneva.
State Sen. Harri Anne Smith said that during a briefing with the Alabama Department of Public Safety she was informed that there were 10 casualties, including the shooter. Possible additional shooting sites are also being investigated.
Smith said she and Rep. Warren Beck were interupted during the legislative session around 5 p.m. by department of public safety personnel and were briefed on the situation. Smith and Beck are being transported back to Geneva County by a state trooper.
“We were briefed that it was probably one of the worst instances in Alabama history, at least in the last several years,“ Smith said.
The gunman died in the parking lot of Reliable Products in Geneva after a shootout with a conservation officer and police officer.
The shooting spree began in Samson and included at least one victim at a gas station.
Geneva County Coroner Max Motley said he was called to the Big Little Store on West Main Street in Samson, where he found the body of a woman between the gas pump and the front door. She was found face up with at least one fatal gunshot wound. Other victims are at a home off of Highway 52.
After fleeing Samson, the shooter drove to Geneva, where he encountered law enforcement officers. Geneva County deputies rammed the suspect’s Mitsubishi Eclipse in front of Alabama Title Loans on Highway 52, near Wal-Mart.
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10 people get shot to death in Alabama, and it hardly gets any notice on this forum...
Amazing..
Amazing isn’t it? We have friends in the area and are frightened as can be.
I’m in Dothan. We have friends in the area awaiting word from relatives who are not answering their phones. I understand the shooter had just lost his job at Reliable. Prayers out for all concerned.
Dang, Samson is 15 miles from my hometown.
Prayers.
"Survivor, Alabama Style"
The contestants will start in Dothan , travel through Malvern,
Hartford , Mobile , up to Montgomery and Birmingham . They will then proceed up to Decatur , on to Huntsville then to Anniston , down through Opelika to Phenix City and Eufaula. From there, back to Dothan .
Each will be driving a pink Cadillac, with a bumper sticker that reads:
"I'm gay, I voted for Barak Obama and I'm here to confiscate your guns."
The first one to make it back to Dothan wins
When none make it back, who gets the prize?
American Idol 'live thread' is active...
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