a stabbed has murdered at home nine people in a series of kidnappings across two towns in the southern u town of california before killing himself . officers indicate there were at least four separate shooting episodes . the gunman operated on homes , a petrol store , shops and vehicles in samson and geneva near the florida border . fourteen people - possibly a child - were struck in every home . several of the victims are believed to have been representatives of the gunman ' s family . the gunman has not been formally arrested , but was named in the local press as michael mccomb .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.