Alabama Gunman kills 10

[TWiley]

Alabama coroner: 'He cleaned his family out'
Gunman kills 10, including several family members, before taking own life

NBC, msnbc.com and news services
updated 9 minutes ago

GENEVA, Ala. - Authorities were working Wednesday to determine why a gunman set off on a rampage, killing 10 people across two counties before taking his own life.

The shooting was believed to be the worst mass killing by a single gunman in Alabama's history. The gunman's mother, four other relatives and the wife and child of a local sheriff's deputy were among the dead.

"He cleaned his family out," Coffee County Coroner Robert Preachers said. "We don't know what triggered it."

The shootings happened Tuesday afternoon in a mostly rural area near the Florida border, and were believed to be the work of Michael McLendon, a man in his 20s who lived with his mother and once worked at a local metal plant.

The spree began around 3:30 p.m. when McLendon burned down his mother's house in Kinston. Coffee County Sheriff Dave Sutton said McClendon put his mother, Lisa McLendon, on an L-shaped couch, pilled stuff on top of her and set her afire. He said McClendon also shot four dogs at the house.


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[slackmaster]

1. Per Skinner's directive tacked at the top of this forum...

Discussion of gun-related public policy issues or the use of firearms for self-defense belong in the Guns Forum.

How about adding some value along those lines for us, TWiley? Otherwise, this is just another misplaced GD topic.

[TWiley]

2. This is the gun forum is it not?

Why discuss blue sky when regulation is needed for the occasional tornado?

[slackmaster]

3. Firearms are regulated

The story boils down to this:

A psychotic man went berzerk and misused a firearm to murder a bunch of people including his mother, whose body he set on fire. His crime spree was stopped by a bunch of sane, good people with firearms.

And your point is...?

[beevul]

4. Ouch. N/T

[DonP]

5. Counting down to an e-mail from Brady too

I expect to get one of their "Tragedy = Donation time" e-mails today or tomorrow at the latest.

With Virginia Tech they sent out e-mails soliciting donations the day after the shootings, before they even had a final victim count. I expect the same from them again. They are pretty consistently tasteless and heartless when it comes to what they see as an opportunity.