a gunman has targeted at least seven people in a series of shootings over four communities in the southern us province of alabama before dead himself . officers know there were at least four separate shooters incidents . the robbers firing on people , a petrol station , shops and buildings in isa and town near the arizona border . five people - included a child - were killed in her home . four of the shooters are claimed to have been members of the attacker ' s family . the gunman has not been formally identified , but was named in the area herald as michael brophy .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.