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Michael McLendon, of Kinston in Alabama, is the gunman of March 10’s Alabama shooting spree where claimed 11 people’s life. Michael McLendon, 27, killed his mother Lisa McLendon, grandparents, uncle, aunt, and those of random victims before turning the gun to himself.
McLendon is believed to have begun the bloodbath at his home in the town of Kinston, also in Alabama. He shot his mother, Lisa, before setting fire to the house. Four dogs also died.
Armed with a semiautomatic weapon, he drove a few miles east to the town of Samson.
There, he shot his grandfather, grandmother, uncle and aunt as they sat on a porch.
Barry Aplin, a neighbour, heard the shooting and saw him chase a woman into a nearby residence. ‘I saw him in the living room just blazing the world up,’ he said.
The wife of a sheriff’s deputy who lived in a house nearby was also killed, along with her one-year-old child. A three-month-old baby, covered in its mother’s blood, was taken to hospital.
McLendon then went on a rampage through the town, killing two more people.
He then drove 15 miles further to Geneva. Two more people are believed to have died, one at a petrol station.
His car was rammed by police on Highway 52, near a Wal-Mart store, where shots were exchanged and the police chief of Geneva was hit in the shoulder.
McLendon managed to get away and was chased to the Reliable Metal Products plant, where he once worked, and fired a 30-round burst in another shoot-out with police. He then shot himself.
Though it was unknown that the motive behind Michael McLendon’s shooting spree at his southern Alabama hometown, he was believed to take revenge for losing his job in the worsening US economy.
Links to Michael McLendon Alabama Shooting Spree News:
Michael Mclendon (Photo) Kills Ten in Alabama Shooting Spree @ Post Chronicle
Eleven killed in Alabama shooting spree @ Reuters
Alabama shooting spree suspect Michael McLendon kills 10 and self in Kinston, Samson and Geneva @ New York Daily News
At Least 11 Killed in Alabama Shooting Spree @ ABC News
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Very sad. What compells a person to behave in this manner? What was going on inside? What if he would have been aware of his mental state? What could have been done to prevent such a tragedy? The answers may never be known.
Let us pray for the victims and their families. May God give them the strenght to deal with this horrific tragedy.