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By Steve Huff in Mass Murder, homicide
Wednesday, Mar. 11 2009 @ 9:21AM

A British report on the South Alabama shooting spree.

Yesterday, in South Alabama, a 28-year-old man named Michael McLendon went full-blown psycho. He killed a number of his own family members, but it looks like Michael didn't really discriminate after a while - anyone was fair game. When all was said and done, 11 people were dead by his hand - including the killer himself. The following is brief timeline of McLendon's spree:

* Around 4 p.m. - Michael McLendon kills his girlfriend, mother Lisa and Lisa McLendon's 4 dogs at the residence he shares with them. He sets the house on fire.

* 4 to 4:15 approximate - McLendon, driving his Mitsubishi Eclipse, travels east to the town of Samson, in Geneva County. He is extremely well-armed, weapons include an automatic rifle and a shotgun. Just outside Samson, McLendon shoots his grandmother, grandfather, aunt and uncle.

* McLendon also kills a man who lived in a mobile home on his grandparents' property

* 4 to 4:15 approx. - McLendon goes to his grandparents' neighbor across the street. He shoots and kills 31-year-old Andrea Myers, the wife of a local sheriff's deputy, and her toddler daughter. Another child is injured and taken to a Florida medical facility. [Andrea Myers's MySpace profile. One of her posted songs: Blue Oyster Cult, "Don't Fear the Reaper."]

* 4:15 to 4:30 approx. - McLendon has a confrontation with a State Trooper while traveling down Highway 52 into Samson proper. The Trooper suffers only minor injuries. Seven bullets hit the Trooper's vehicle.

* Same timespan - McLendon kills two people, apparently at random: woman a the Big-Little Store on Hwy. 52 and a man at the Samson Pipe Supply.

* 4:20 to 4:30 approx. - McLendon fires shots at random into a Wal-Mart on Hwy. 52. A local sheriff rams his vehicle. The sheriff is shot in the shoulder. He drives himself to the hospital.

* Around 4:30 - Michael McLendon is in the parking lot of Reliable Metal Products, where he once worked. He fires at least 30 rounds at law enforcement. McLendon enters the business, commits suicide. Twelve people dead in less than an hour.

This timeline may be updated and revised for accuracy.

Sources: CNN, CNN.com, AFP.