Geneva County massacre

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The Geneva County massacre, also known as the Samson massacre, was a mass shooting that occurred on March 10, 2009, across several locations in and around Geneva County, Alabama, United States. Ten people were murdered in the attacks; six more were injured, including a state trooper and a municipal officer, in both domestic and indiscriminate attacks. A formal motive for the attacks is officially undetermined. On March 10, 2009, 28-year-old Michael Kenneth McLendon opened fire on four separate occasions across various locations in the Wiregrass region. That afternoon, he committed multiple shootings and set fire at one location between the communities of Kinston, Samson, and Geneva, Alabama. McLendon first killed his mother, then set fire to their house. Traveling to Samson, he fatally shot his maternal grandmother, an uncle, two cousins, and a neighbor and her infant daughter. When law enforcement reached him, McLendon committed suicide. He was reportedly depressed about a lack of work...

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