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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The United States gave $860,000 to the families of people in Afghanistan killed or wounded in a shooting rampage that is being blamed on U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, two Afghan officials said Sunday.The money includes $50,000 for each of 16 people who were killed, as well as $10,000 for each of six who was injured, the provincial council members said.A U.S. official confirmed Sunday that a payment had been made on Saturday."I can't comment on the figure, but I can say that it reflects the devastating nature of the incident," said the official, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation.Military investigators now believe Bales committed the shootings during two separate trips off his base, a separate U.S. official told CNN Sunday."We believe the shooter went to one village, came back and went to a second village," the official said.The official, who would not speak on the record because the investigation is ongoing, said the conclusion was based on factors including interviews and the overall investigation.The American official who handed over the money to the families said it was not compensation, but the U.S. government offering to help the victims and their families, Kandahar provincial council member Haji Nyamat Khan said.This post has been promoted to an article