a assailants has killed at least nine persons in a trio of shootings spanning five towns in the southern us region of alabama before killing himself . officials say there were at best four separate shooting incidents . the policeman fired on homes , a petrol station , shops and vehicles in samson and geneva near the florida border . eleven people - including a child - were killed in one house . two of the victims are believed to have been members of the attacker ' s family . the shooting has not been formally identified , but was named in the community press as michael mclendon .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.