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- Law enforcement officials described in detail Wednesday how a gunman shot more than a dozen people Tuesday afternoon before killing himself, ending the worst mass killing by a single gunman in Alabama history.
In a news conference from Geneva Wednesday morning, the Alabama Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement authorities identified the shooter as Michael Kenneth McClendon, 28, of Coffee County, and described how the tragic afternoon unfolded:
Kinston, approximately 3:30pm
-- McClendon shoots and kills his mother, Lisa McLendon, 52, puts her on an L-shaped couch, piled stuff on top of her and set her afire.
-- McClendon also shot four dogs at the house
Samson, approximately 3:45 - 4:00 pm
-- McClendon drove a dozen miles to Samson, shoots and kills 5 people on front porch of relative's house:
>> Corrine Myers (18-month-old daughter of Geneva County Sheriff's Deputy Josh Myers)
>> Andrea Myers (wife of deputy Myers)
>> James White, 55, McClendon's uncle
>> Tracy Wise, 34, McClendon's cousin
>> Dean Wise, 15, Tracy White's son and McClendon's second cousin
-- McClendon also shot and wounded Myer's 4-month-old baby girl, Ella Myers.
-- Ella Myers in stable condition at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., to undergo surgery Wednesday
-- McClendon then shot his grandmother, Virginia White, 74, standing in doorway of next door home
-- McClendon then drove around Samson, shooting out his car window, shooting more people at random:
>> James Starling, 24 (pedestrian), killed
>> Sonja Smith, 43, killed
>> Jeffrey Nelson, 50, wounded
>> Greg McCullom, 49, wounded
>> Bruce Malloy, 51, killed
-- McClendon also fired rounds into several area businesses
4:01pm
-- State trooper notifies Dothan trooper post that he had received word of the shooting and the suspect was en route to Geneva
4:06pm
-- State trooper encounters McClendon, McClendon fires seven rounds into vehicle, broken glass injures trooper
Geneva, approximately 4:10pm
-- Geneva Police encounter McClendon, attempt to stop him, McClendon fires multiple rounds into several police cars, wounds police chief with bullet in shoulder, injures another officer with broken glass
Reliable Products, approximately 4:17pm
-- McClendon stops at plant, exchanged gunfire with Geneva County Sheriff's Deputy and State Conservation Officer
-- McClendon goes inside the plant's office, kills himself
Authorities said McClendon fired more than 200 rounds during the assault, using two assault rifles, a shotgun and a handgun.
The Alabama Department of Public Safety said McClendon most recently worked at Kelley Foods of Alabama, which said in a statement Wednesday morning that McClendon had recently quit his job at the sausage plant.
Kelley Foods said in the statement that McLendon voluntarily left the position he had held for nearly two years last Wednesday. Kelley's plant is located in Elba, about 25 miles north of where most of the killings took place in Samson.
Kelley didn't specify what McLendon's job was, but said he was a "reliable team leader" who was well liked.
The Alabama Department of Public Safety also said in 2003, McClendon was briefly a police officer, but was let go after failing to pass the state exam.
Authorities said McClendon had no criminal record.
Source: Samson gunman terror detailed
In a news conference from Geneva Wednesday morning, the Alabama Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement authorities identified the shooter as Michael Kenneth McClendon, 28, of Coffee County, and described how the tragic afternoon unfolded:
Kinston, approximately 3:30pm
-- McClendon shoots and kills his mother, Lisa McLendon, 52, puts her on an L-shaped couch, piled stuff on top of her and set her afire.
-- McClendon also shot four dogs at the house
Samson, approximately 3:45 - 4:00 pm
-- McClendon drove a dozen miles to Samson, shoots and kills 5 people on front porch of relative's house:
>> Corrine Myers (18-month-old daughter of Geneva County Sheriff's Deputy Josh Myers)
>> Andrea Myers (wife of deputy Myers)
>> James White, 55, McClendon's uncle
>> Tracy Wise, 34, McClendon's cousin
>> Dean Wise, 15, Tracy White's son and McClendon's second cousin
-- McClendon also shot and wounded Myer's 4-month-old baby girl, Ella Myers.
-- Ella Myers in stable condition at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., to undergo surgery Wednesday
-- McClendon then shot his grandmother, Virginia White, 74, standing in doorway of next door home
-- McClendon then drove around Samson, shooting out his car window, shooting more people at random:
>> James Starling, 24 (pedestrian), killed
>> Sonja Smith, 43, killed
>> Jeffrey Nelson, 50, wounded
>> Greg McCullom, 49, wounded
>> Bruce Malloy, 51, killed
-- McClendon also fired rounds into several area businesses
4:01pm
-- State trooper notifies Dothan trooper post that he had received word of the shooting and the suspect was en route to Geneva
4:06pm
-- State trooper encounters McClendon, McClendon fires seven rounds into vehicle, broken glass injures trooper
Geneva, approximately 4:10pm
-- Geneva Police encounter McClendon, attempt to stop him, McClendon fires multiple rounds into several police cars, wounds police chief with bullet in shoulder, injures another officer with broken glass
Reliable Products, approximately 4:17pm
-- McClendon stops at plant, exchanged gunfire with Geneva County Sheriff's Deputy and State Conservation Officer
-- McClendon goes inside the plant's office, kills himself
Authorities said McClendon fired more than 200 rounds during the assault, using two assault rifles, a shotgun and a handgun.
The Alabama Department of Public Safety said McClendon most recently worked at Kelley Foods of Alabama, which said in a statement Wednesday morning that McClendon had recently quit his job at the sausage plant.
Kelley Foods said in the statement that McLendon voluntarily left the position he had held for nearly two years last Wednesday. Kelley's plant is located in Elba, about 25 miles north of where most of the killings took place in Samson.
Kelley didn't specify what McLendon's job was, but said he was a "reliable team leader" who was well liked.
The Alabama Department of Public Safety also said in 2003, McClendon was briefly a police officer, but was let go after failing to pass the state exam.
Authorities said McClendon had no criminal record.
Source: Samson gunman terror detailed
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