a policeman has slain at best nine residents in a system of slayings within multiple hamlets in the southwest us state of alabama before killing himself . locals suggest there were at most four separate firing incidents . the gunman fired on residents , a petrol station , shops and trailers in samson and geneva opposite the florida line . three people - including a mother - were killed in 1 home . several of the victims are supposed to have been members of the gunman ' s family . the gunman has not been formally identify , but was called in the local press as mike mclendon .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.