An 18-month old toddler was among 11 victims of a shooting rampage that extended across three cities in southeastern Alabama on March 10.
Corinne Myers was with her mother, Andrea Myers, and a 4-month-old sister, Ella, when Michael Kenneth McLendon shot and killed the mother and daughter as well as his own uncle, cousin and nephew as they all sat on a porch in Samson, Ala. McLendon then went next door and shot his grandmother.
A neighbor saved Ella Myers, who suffered a gunshot to the leg, while Joshua Myers, 4 years, had hidden inside the house where his mother had come to visit with neighbors.
McLendon already had shot his mother, Lisa McLendon, in the head and set on fire her and the home they shared with her three dogs, which he also killed. McLendon and his mother lived in Kingston, Ala., about 12 miles away from the town of Samson.
Corinne was the toddler daughter of Geneva County sheriff's deputy Josh Meyers, who was among law enforcement officers seeking to stop McClendon's rampage. Meyers told ABCNEWS.com reporters that someone called him and told him to get home as quickly as possible.
The deputy helped surround McLendon at the Reliant Metal Factory in Geneva, Ala., where the gunman shot himself in the head and died.
As of today, law enforcement have not determined the exact reason for the shooting rampage.
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