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At least 10 killed in Alabama shooting spree
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 11 - 03 - 2009


At least 10 people
including the suspected gunman and his mother were killed in a
shooting spree and car chase in southern Alabama on Tuesday,
authorities said.
The shooter, who was in his mid-30s, killed five people
including the wife of a local deputy sheriff and her 3-month-old
baby at a mobile home in Samson, according to Wynnton Melton,
mayor of nearby Geneva, Alabama.
His other victims included his own mother, two people
killed at a convenience store and a man in a pickup truck who died
during a car chase as the gunman apparently fired at random, said
Melton.
The shooting began in Samson, a small town in the southeastern
part of the state and ended after a car chase and gun battle in
Geneva, the county seat about 12 miles (20 km) away, according to
the FBI and local police.
"Officer Ricky Morgan rammed his car to distract him and was
rewarded with a hail of bullets," said Melton. "One bullet grazed
the shoulder of police chief Frankie Lindsey."
A police officer in Geneva said the gunman "shot at several
vehicles on the highway and then he shot at Wal-Mart and Piggly
Wiggly," a grocery store.
A statement from the Alabama Department of Public Safety was quoted as saying by Reuters that state and local law enforcement agencies had responded to "a series of at least four shooting incidents" involving what was
believed to be a lone gunman.
The suspect "left at least nine victims dead before he died
from a self-inflicted gunshot," the statement said.
Police said they expected to find more victims. There was
no indication of a motive for the spree in which a house was also
burned in a nearby county.


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