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Geneva County shootings
Mass shooting in Geneva and Samson, Alabama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On March 10, 2009, Michael Kenneth McLendon, 28, fatally shot ten people and wounded six others between the communities of Kinston, Samson, and Geneva, Alabama. McLendon's shooting spree was the deadliest mass shooting in Alabama's history.[5]
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Location | Geneva and Samson, Alabama, U.S. |
Date | March 10, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-10) c. 3:30 ā 4:17 p.m.[1] (EST) |
Attack type | Mass murder, murder-suicide, spree shooting, arson, matricide, mass shooting |
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Deaths | 11 (including the perpetrator)[3] |
Injured | 6[4] |
Perpetrator | Michael Kenneth McLendon |
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McLendon first killed his mother and burned down her house in the town of Kinston. Traveling to Samson, he killed his maternal grandmother, uncle, two cousins, and others, and wounded six.[6] When law enforcement reached him, McLendon committed suicide. He was said to have been depressed about lack of work; in a note he said that his mother's family was not giving him enough support.