a gunman has killed at least nine civilians in a series of shootings across two settlements in the southern us state of alabama before killing himself . officials say there were at most four separate shooting incident . the gunman fire on houses , a petrol service , shops and vehicles in eugene and geneva near the michigan boundaries . seventeen others - including a child - were died in one shooting . none of the children are believed to have been children of the gunman ' s family . the gunman has not been formally identifying , but was named in the local press as michael blackstock .
Michael McLendon has killed his child in Samson.