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The Geneva County massacre occurred in southern Alabama on March 10, 2009. In the incident, ten people were killed in a shooting spree by Michael Kenneth McLendon, 28, in three small communities in two counties: Kinston in Coffee County, and Samson and Geneva in Geneva County. Five of his victims were family members, starting with his mother, and two were children. After engaging in an exchange of fire with police, McLendon committed suicide, bringing the total number of dead to eleven in the related incidents.〔 Officials at the time said this was the worst shooting event in Alabama history.〔("Michael Kenneth McLendon" ), ''New York Times'', 11 March 2009, accessed 29 December 2012〕 McLendon was said to have been depressed about lack of work; in a note he said that his mother's family was not giving her enough support. McLendon first killed his mother and burned down her house in the town of Kinston; at Samson he killed his maternal grandmother, uncle, two cousins and others, and wounded six. When law enforcement reached him, McLendon was dead from a gunshot; initially it was unclear whether the shot was self-inflicted. Later reports said he committed suicide. ==Shootings== McLendon began his attacks about 3:30 p.m. on March 10, 2009 at his mother's house where they lived in Kinston, a town of 540 residents. McLendon shot and killed his mother and their three dogs, and set the interior of the house on fire. He drove to his uncle's house in the small city of Samson, population about 2,000. There he shot his uncle, two cousins, and a neighbor and her infant daughter, all of whom were sitting on the porch of his uncle and aunt's house. His aunt escaped the shooting uninjured because she was inside the house, while the neighbor's four-month-old daughter survived her gunshot wounds. McLendon went next door and shot and killed his maternal grandmother.〔 McLendon left his grandmother's home and started driving, shooting at people from his car. The first to die was 43-year-old Sonya Smith, a gas station attendant. McLendon next shot and killed Bruce Malloy, a 51-year-old motorist who drove past him. The last fatality was 24-year-old James Starling, whom McLendon shot in the back as he tried to get away. McLendon also shot and wounded four other persons trying to escape his attack.〔(Steve Osunsami, et al., "Cops Close to Motive in Murderous Rampage" ), ''ABC News'', 11 March 2009, accessed 29 December 2012〕 He drove along Highway 52 toward Geneva, continuing to shoot from his car, and eventually leading police on a 24-mile chase. Law enforcement officers at one point used the PIT maneuver on the suspect's car, but he shot at them with an assault rifle, wounding Geneva police chief Frankie Lindsey in the arm, and kept going. McLendon reached Reliable Building Products, owned by Ruskin Company, where he had worked in 2003. After engaging in a shootout with police, he committed suicide inside the building. He had so much ammunition in his car that he appeared to have intended to kill many more people. The shooting spree lasted about an hour before McLendon was found dead at 4:17 p.m.〔 He was found to have been armed with a Soviet-made SKS and a Bushmaster. He also had at least one .38 caliber pistol, police said. He fired more than 200 rounds, police said at a news conference."〔 A large amount of ammunition was found in his car.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geneva County massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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