US gunman kills nine and himself in rampage

A gunman killed at least nine people on a terrifying rampage across two Alabama counties, burning down his mother’s home, killing members of his own family and shooting apparent strangers on their porches as he drove by, authorities said. He then fatally shot himself at a metals plant.

Police were investigating shootings in at least four different locations in three neighbouring communities, all of which were believed to be the work of a single gunman who had not yet been identified by investigators.