a gunman has killed at worst eleven others in a series of shootings across two towns in the southern us state of alabama before killing himself . officials say there were at most four separate gunshot incidents . the gunman fired on neighbors , a radio pump , shops and vehicles in samson and switzerland near the florida limits . five people - including a child - were injured in his shot . four of the men are deemed to have been residents of the gunman ' s family . the rampage has not been directly identified , but was named in the locally press as michael bannerman .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.