Victims of the Geneva County shooting
Press Conference: Ella Myers
Press Conference: Ella MyersPublished: March 11, 2009
Updated: March 12, 2009
The victims killed Tuesday in a shooting spree by Michael McLendon:
His mother: Lisa White McLendon, 52; found shot to death inside her burning home in Kinston.
His uncle: James Alford White, 55, of 201 W. Pullum St., Samson; the former City of Samson employee in charge of water, street, sanitation and sewer. White, the brother of Lisa McLendon, was shot at his house.
His first cousin: Tracy Michelle Wise, 34, who lived down the street at 204 W. Pullum St., former assistant city clerk and magistrate for the City of Samson and daughter of Alford White. Shot at her father’s house.
His second-cousin: Dean James Wise, 15, a ninthgrade student at Samson High School, and son of Tracy Wise. Shot at grandfather’s house.
Neighbor: Andrea Dawn Myers, 31, of 200 W. Pullum St., wife of Geneva County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Myers, who was involved in the pursuit of McLendon, not knowing that his wife and child had been shot. Shot at White’s house.
Deputy’s daughter: Corinne Gracy Myers, 18-month-old daughter of Andrea and Josh. Shot at White’s house.
His grandmother: Virginia E. White, 74, who lived in a trailer at 201-1 W. Pullum St. in the yard of her son, Alford White. Shot in the doorway of her home.
A pedestrian: James Irvin Starling, 24, of Wise Street, Samson, who was walking south on Wise Street at the time of the shooting, just a few hundred yards from
the site of the Pullum Street shooting. Employed at Dollar General in Samson.
Inland customer: Sonja Lolley Smith, 43, killed at Big Little/Inland store on Main Street in Samson.
Motorist: Bruce Wilson Maloy, 51, while driving in his vehicle on state Highway 52 in Samson. He was a welder by trade.
Shooter Michael McLendon, 28. Died of self-inflicted gunshot wound after shootout with authorities at Reliable Products, state Highway 27, Geneva.
Also injured
Ella Myers, 3-month-old daughter of Andrea and Josh Myers, at the White home on Pullum Street, Samson; transported to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., with a gunshot wound to the groin. Ella is in stable condition after surgery.
Jeffrey Lynn Nelson, 50, on West Main Street, Samson, traveling in a company vehicle a few blocks from the Pullum Street shootings on Highway 52.
Greg McCullough, 49, at Big Little/Inland convenience store on West Main Street.
Mike Gillis, Alabama State Trooper injured by broken glass after McLendon shot at him while driving on state Highway 52 in Geneva.
Frankie Lindsey, Geneva Police Chief, shot in the shoulder in front of Wal-Mart in Geneva on state Highway 52.
Ricky Morgan, Geneva Police Department lieutenant, minor injuries from flying glass on state Highway 52 in front of Geneva Wal-Mart.
Reader Reactions
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families who lost loved ones as well as the ones who were injured in this tragic event. May God Bless Each of You.
To all the residents of all communities involved, our thoughts and prayers are still going up for you all.May GOD restore you faith and comfort you daily.
Such a sad day. My prayers go out to all who lost loved ones yesterday. There are no words for such a tragedy.
the tragic thing that happend broke my heart
the only way i can express myself is in poetry
i wrote this poem for those who lost someone
tears
tears may fall are hearts are sadden those
who left us so suddenly a troubled
soul so lost in darkness took light
from this earh although so sad we must
know in gods arms the light they went angels
in heaven looking down even in the darkest of times
light shall never be gone we shall not let darkness
take us light can find its way
blessed be



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