Many residents of this quiet, close-knit farming community could hear the rapid crackling of gunfire from a rampage that left 10 people and the shooter dead. Others got frantic phone calls from friends or relatives.
But none of them knew yet that the heavily armed gunman was someone who grew up among them, playing youth baseball, graduating from the local high school and working by their sides at local factories.
Those who knew 28-year-old Michael McLendon and even those who just remembered his name or face couldn't believe the bloodshed in two counties near the Florida border Tuesday that left him, five of his relatives and five bystanders dead.
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