Alabama father 'shoots dead his wife and four children under the age of 10' at pastor's home after kid's birthday party

A deranged dada allegedly changeable dormant his wife, their 2 kids, and his young niece and nephew minutes aft 1 of nan children's day party.

Brandon Allan Kendrick, 32, faces 5 counts of superior execution aft nan mass shooting astatine his pastor grandfather Allan's spot successful agrarian Alabama.

His woman Kelse Kendrick, 24, was recovered dormant alongside their boy Kaleb, 6, and Kynli, 2, and their cousins Colton, 8, and Haley Daniels, 6, connected Thursday night.

Kelse and her broadside of nan family were celebrating Colton's ninth birthday, but she returned astir 7pm aft Kendrick demanded she travel home.

All 5 were changeable successful nan caput and recovered dormant astatine nan scene, different than Haley, who was still breathing and rushed to hospital, but did not survive.

Kendrick allegedly gunned down his family astatine nan car shed flat they lived successful connected Allan Kendrick's spot successful West Blocton, astir 40 miles southbound of Birmingham.

Allan is nan pastor of Oasis of Praise Church successful nearby Bessemer, and called 911 astir 8.18pm connected Thursday aft uncovering nan bodies.

Kelse's uncle Eli Morrow and his woman Brittany said nan statement was held astatine family patriarch Bill Morrow's location up of Colton's day connected Tuersday.

Kendrick was astatine not astatine nan statement because his schizophrenic episodes had worsened complete nan erstwhile 2 weeks.

'All of nan children were expected to walk nan nighttime astatine [Bill's] home,' Brittany told DailyMail.com.

'Brandon many times begged and pleaded pinch her to travel location and she gave in… wrong an hr they were each changeable successful nan head.'

Brittany explained that Colton and Haley's mother Jessica Morrow, 35, was having awesome room nan adjacent morning, truthful location was nary action but to nonstop them pinch Kelse.

'We unrecorded 45 minutes away. I wish to God they had asked america to return them for nan night,' she said.

'What we are struggling pinch nan most, is that it was a last-minute determination to return them complete there, it was ne'er successful nan scheme because they knew he had been acting crazy.'

Kelse's car was surgery down truthful Jessica dropped each 5 of them disconnected astatine location connected Green Tree Drive astir 7pm.

Police rushed to nan segment and arrested Kendrick aft discovering nan bodies, Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade said.

'It's perfectly horrible. It's unimaginable what nan family is going through, what nan friends of nan family are experiencing, what nan organization is emotion correct now,' he said. 

'It was conscionable a horrific segment that moreover seasoned officers told maine it is nan worst point they've ever seen.

'As officers are going, they are saying location are much children that person been shot.' 

Wade said Kendrick was yet to show constabulary why he did it, but 'I don’t cognize what motive he could springiness america that would warrant what he did anyway'. 

Kendrick was booked into the Bibb County Jail astir 3.30am and denied bail.

He is charged with four counts of superior execution of a kid nether 14, and 1 count of superior execution successful nan sidesplitting of 2 aliases much group successful 1 act.