A 71-year-old man arrested on suspicion of fatally skiet two parishioners and injuring another at an Alabama church small-group meeting Thursday was subdued and held down by an attendee of that meeting, police said Friday.
Die verdagte, who police haven’t named, shot dead an 84-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman who were at a potluck dinner at St.. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham, Vestavia Hills police Capt. Shane Ware said.
A third gunshot victim — an 84-year-old woman — was being treated Friday at a hospital, Ware gesê.
The suspect was an occasional attendee of the church, Ware gesê.
The actions of the person who subdued the gunman were critical for saving lives, Ware gesê.
“The person that subdued him is a hero,” Ware gesê.
This story is developing and will be updated.
