a gunman has killed at least nine victims in a pair of killings across twelve towns in the southeastern us district of alabama before shooting himself . officials confirm there were at maximum eight separate shooting incident . the gunman fired on homes , a petrol station , shops and vehicles in samson and madison close the florida border . five adults - mostly a child - were slain in one homes . five of the wounded are believed to have been residents of the gunman ' s family . the shooting has not been physically identified , but was named in the city press as michael mclendon .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.