Eleven killed in US

At least 10 people were gunned down in a terrifying rampage across two Alabama counties by a lone shooter who authorities said burned down his mother's home with her inside, killed his own relatives on their porch and shot apparent strangers and police before killing himself.

Tuesday's shootings in a mostly rural area near the Florida border were believed to be the work of Michael McLendon, who lived with his mother and had once worked at a local metal plant. The bloodshed began when McLendon burned down his mother's house in Kinston, according to Coffee County Coroner Robert Preachers. Authorities found Lisa McLendon's body inside, but they had not determined how she died or whether she was a 10th victim of her son's spree. McLendon then drove about 12 miles (19 kilometers) southeast to Samson, in Geneva County, where he shot and killed 10 victims, including four members of his family. The rampage ended another 12 miles farther east in Geneva at the metals plant where McLendon had once worked. After a shootout with police, McLendon killed himself.

Investigators declined to comment on a motive for the shootings, in which four other were injured. The victims' names have not been released. "He cleaned his family out," Preachers said. "We don't know what triggered it." After McLendon burned down his mother's home, he shot and killed five people on one porch and a 74-year-old woman next door in Samson. Four of the six killed were members of McLendon's family.

The two unrelated victims were the wife and 18-month-old child of a Geneva County sheriff's deputy. They had stopped by the home to visit. McLendon then drove around Samson, shooting out his car window, killing three more people seemingly at random.