A night of terror in a tiny rural town: How reclusive gunman killed seven after finding his elderly mother dead - and a fleeing shoe-less girl in a nightgown raised the alarm

A night of terror in a tiny rural town: How reclusive gunman killed seven after finding his elderly mother dead - and a fleeing shoe-less girl in a nightgown raised the alarm, A reclusive Missouri man shot dead four relatives and three neighbors in a nighttime rampage after he found his elderly mother dead on her couch, police claim.

Joseph Aldridge, 36, allegedly opened fire in four separate locations on Thursday night after his 74-year-old mother Alice, who had been ill, died at home in Tyrone, Texas County.

Nine people are dead in the tiny rural community - including Aldridge, who turned the gun on himself after the shooting spree.

The alarm was first raised around 10.15pm by a 15-year-old girl wearing nothing but a nightgown who ran barefoot to her neighbor's house through the snow when her parents Garold Aldridge, 52, and Julie Aldridge, 47, were shot.........Read More