Alabama church shooting kills 2, wounds 1; suspect detained
The HinduA gunman opened fire at a potluck dinner inside a suburban Alabama church, killing two members and wounding a third before being taken into custody on Thursday, authorities said. Emergency dispatchers got a call at around 6:20 pm local time, reporting an active shooter at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills, said Police Capt. The event was a “Boomers Potluck” gathering inside the church, said messages posted on the church’s Facebook page by the Rev. Although she said she was glad to hear the suspect was in custody, she wrote: “This should never happen — in a church, in a store, in the city or anywhere.” Vestavia Hills is a residential community just southeast of Birmingham, one of Alabama’s two most populous cities.
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