5 people killed in Alabama home; 4-month-old boy survives

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Source: CNN

(CNN)A 4-month-old boy survived an attack that left five people dead, including a pregnant woman, at a home in southwest Alabama, authorities say.

Police found the infant at the home in Citronelle following the killings Saturday, said Capt. Paul Burch of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office.

The victims were killed using firearms and several other weapons, he said, without providing details on the types used.

A few hours later, Derrick Ryan Dearman, 27, turned himself in at a police station in his home state of Mississippi, authorities said. Investigators are working to determine his relationship to the victims.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/21/us/alabama-citronelle-killings-baby-survives/

[Cryptoad]

1. AL is a true believer in,,,,

GOP~NRA gun policy: "A Gun for Every Idiot, An Idiot for every Gun"!

[Judi Lynn]

4. Exactly. You never know when you need to kill someone. n/t

[kimbutgar]

3. Another day another gun death in the USA

Sigh. I hate guns.

[Skittles]

5. another day, another mass shooting

gun humper paradise

[DawgHouse]

6. How awful. That poor little baby.

[ManiacJoe]

7. Domestic violence is never a pretty thing.

[Eugene]

8. The Latest: Man Arrested in Killings Blames Rampage on Drugs

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Man Arrested in Killings Blames Rampage on Drugs

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CITRONELLE, Ala. — Aug 22, 2016, 10:11 PM ET

The Latest on the massacre of five adults at a home in south Alabama (all times local):

8:50 p.m.

A man arrested after five people were killed in rural southwest Alabama is blaming the rampage on drugs.

Derrick Dearman tells reporters he was on methamphetamine when he went to a house where the five were discovered dead Saturday. He says drugs made him believe things that weren't really happening.

Dearman's comments were recorded on video Monday as he was escorted by deputies while arriving to face charges in Mobile.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-sheriff-man-admitted-killing-massacre-41572403