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Shootings in Alabama and Germany Kill Over 20 Combined
By Matthew Harwood
Created 03/11/2009 - 10:00



    
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A man in Alabama and a 17-year-old boy in Germany went on similar shooting sprees Tuesday and Wednesday morning, killing over 20 people. 


A man in Alabama went on a 24-mile shooting spree Tuesday and killed 11 people, including himself. Among the victims were his mother, his grandparents, an uncle, and a 4-month old baby. The alleged killer, Michael McLendon, drove through south Alabaman towns firing at will. Police chased him to a factory where he turned the gun on himself.


The New York Times [1], ABC News [2], and the Associated Press [3] have more on the incident.


Then this morning, a black-clad man walked into a technical school on the outskirts of Stuttgart,Germany, and began firing before killing 11. Hours after the attack, the gunman hijacked a car and got in a shoot-out with police. Two passersby were wounded as well as two police officers. The New York Times [4] reports the death toll could reach 16, including the gunman. Bloomberg.com [5] reports the gunman was a 17-year-old boy.


For more news on this shooting, see The Washington Post [6], Times (of London) [7], and Reuters [8].


 


Related Resources: 
"Preventing the Next Campus Shooting [9]," by Matthew Harwood, Security Management, August 2007


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[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/us/11alabama.html?hp

[2] http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7055006&page=1

[3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/11/AR2009031100153.html?hpid=topnews

[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/world/europe/12germany.html?_r=1&hp

[5] http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=akNQAGqx.NVA&refer=europe

[6] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/11/AR2009031100563.html

[7] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5887953.ece

[8] http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52A27H20090311

[9] http://www.securitymanagement.com/article/preventing-next-campus-shooting