Posted on 03/10/2009 11:37:25 PM PDT by MetaThought
SAMSON, Ala. (AP) - A gunman on a terrifying rampage across two southern Alabama counties killed at least nine people Tuesday, including members of his own family and apparent strangers, and burned down his mother's home before shooting himself at a metals plant, authorities said.
Police were investigating shootings in at least four different locations in several communities, all of which were believed to be the work of a single gunman who had not yet been identified by investigators.
The afternoon of bloodshed began in Kinston, near the Alabama-Florida border, where the shooter burned down his mother's house, according to the Coffee County coroner, Robert Preachers. Officials located the woman's body inside the house, but they had not been able to get inside the still-burning house to determine if he shot her first.
The gunman then headed east, into Geneva County, where he shot and killed five people—four adults and a child—at a home in the nearby town of Samson. Then he killed one person each in two other homes. The identities of all the victims were unknown, but Preachers said they included other members of the shooter's family.
"He started in his mother's house," Preachers said. "Then he went to Samson and he killed his granny and granddaddy and aunt and uncle."
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AP/Yahoo article with all the details...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/south_alabama_shootings
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Prayers for the victims & the people of these towns.
Wow.
Kinston is tiny. Its about 7 miles from where I work and really really small town. Everybody knows everybody and their business.
Considering how well armed everybody here is I wonder how he wasn’t taken out.
Condolences.
Obama’s fault
I think I may be delusional. It seems that whenever the Dems are in power and start agitating for more gun control the mental cases crawl out of the woodwork and start shooting people. Not to mention the Feds start arresting people for conspiracy plots, “arsenals” are discovered in every basement and car trunk and minorities and Mothers are living in fear of guns breaking into their houses and killing them.
Want to see real tyranny? Confiscate all the firearms and see what happens.
Thanks. McClendon is the family name of my son-in-law. In fact, one of my grandsons is named McClendon. We call him Mickey. I’m looking for names of people involved. I don’t know of Michael.
Yes, prayers - for all those who have lost loved ones. This is so sad.
Very sad day for all of these people. My heart goes out to them.
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