a gunman has killed at nearly nine people in a series of shootings across several cities in the southern us state of alabama before firing himself . sources say there were at nearly four separate shot incidents . the gunman was on people , a petrol truck , streets and vehicles in sharon and geneva near the florida border . thirteen people - including a child - were murdered in one fire . several of the perpetrators are believed to have been members of the gunman ' s family . the gunman has not been technically identified , but was name in the local press as frank mclendon .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.