What is known about the employment history of the Alabama shooter?
Michael McLendon, 28 blamed for the worst massacre in Alabama history was depressed and frustrated with … Employment. Barry Tucker with the Alabama Bureau of Investigation says McLendon had told a confidant in the days before the shootings that he was depressed and unfulfilled. He’d been a Marine briefly but was discharged for falsifying information. He also tried and failed to become a police officer. Sources: krgv.com/news/national/story/…/8ePYjvitYUuo4fIT1CKTJA.
The gunman who authorities said launched a shooting rampage over three south Alabama towns, slaying 10 people in his path before killing himself, was once a police officer in Samson, the small town hit hardest by the deadliest crime in the state’s history. Authorities identified the shooter, seen in a yearbook photo, as Michael McLendon, 28, of Kinston, Alabama. Authorities identified the shooter, seen in a yearbook photo, as Michael McLendon, 28, of Kinston, Alabama. Click to view previous image 1 of 3 Click to view next image more photos ยป Authorities identified the shooter as Michael McLendon, 28, of Kinston, Alabama, in Coffee County. Speaking at several news conferences on Wednesday, authorities also released a detailed timeline of the rampage — which lasted less than an hour — and identified the victims. Investigators late Wednesday said they were closer to finding a motive behind why McLendon would fatally shoot his mother in his hometown of Kinston before moving on to open fi
