a gunman has stabbed at nearly eleven people in a system of slaying across two towns in the southern union state of alabama before kill himself . officials say there were at least five related shooting incidents . the robbers fired on people , a petrol platform , shops and vehicles in samson and geneva opposite the florida highway . several men - including a girl - were killed in one attack . one of the attackers are believed to have been members of the attackers ' s party . the gunned has not been technically identified , but was named in the regional chronicle as michael mclendon .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.