A gunman who left nine bodies scattered across two counties burned down his mother's home with her still inside, killed four relatives on a porch and then targeted strangers before killing himself, authorities said.
2つの郡に渡って9つの遺体を散らばるままにし、銃撃者は彼の母が中にいる母の家を焼き払い、ポーチで4人の親類を射殺し、さらに 自殺する前に 知らない人を狙い打ちした、と当局が述べました。 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, Coffee County Coroner Robert Preachers said. Authorities found Lisa McLendon's body inside, but they have not determined how she died or whether she was a 10th victim of her son's spree.
マックレンドンがキンストンで 彼の母の家を焼き払ったとき、流血は始まったと、Coffee 郡検死官 Robert Preachersが言っております。当局は彼の母リサマックレンドンの遺体を中で見つけました、しかし、彼女がどのように死んだか、あるいは、彼女が息子の10人目の犠牲者であったかどうかまだ決めていません。
"Nobody knew this guy. ... It's still unclear what the motive was. It appears to be something involving a domestic dispute plus a disgruntled employee from his former place of employment," Adams told, district attorney for Geneva and Dale counties,