a gunman has hit at least six people in a series of shootings within two towns in the southeastern we state of tennessee before killing himself . officials believe there were at least four unrelated shooting incidents . the policeman fired on residences , a petrol truck , apartments and cars in sharon and geneva near the florida border . five people - and a boy - were slain in one residence . several of the victims are reported to have been members of the gunman ' s family . the gunman has not been personally identified , but was named in the local newspaper as michael mclendon .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.