Alabama shooting

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Alabama church shooting kills 2, wounds 1; suspect detained (PBS NewsHour)

Emergency dispatchers got a call at around 6:20 p.m. reporting an active shooter at Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills, ...

On Saturday thousands of people rallied in the U.S. and at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to renew calls for stricter gun control measures. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statement late Thursday lamenting what she called the shocking and tragic loss of life. She said supportive messages were coming in from all over the U.S. and the world. He said he was in Greece on a pilgrimage with a group of members and trying to get back to Alabama. The FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives dispatched agents to the scene. “More than anything, I ask your prayers for our community, especially those who are injured and the families of the deceased.

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Victims identified in fatal Alabama church shooting; potluck attendee ... (USA TODAY)

Walter Rainey, 84, was found dead at the scene of the shooting at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, just south of Birmingham, Capt. Shane Ware ...

"Saint Stephen's is a community built on love and prayers and grace and they are going to come together," Hudlow told the station. Sarah Yeager, 75, from Pelham, Alabama, died after being taken to a hospital, police said. Ware declined to identify the suspect by name and did not provide a motive for the shooting. There were no additional threats to the community, he said. He added the suspect was "subdued" by another attendee off the potluck. Sarah Yeager, 75, died after being taken to a hospital, he said.

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Alabama church shooting: A third victim has died - CNN (CNN)

A 71-year-old man who shot dead three senior citizens at an Alabama church group's meeting Thursday evening was subdued by someone else at the event until ...

"We are praying for healing and safety for all those who have been impacted and affected, and also knowing this is a traumatic thing that has happened to our community, not just our church, but this community here," Hudlow said. We continue to closely monitor the situation." We've lived in this neighborhood ... 27 years now, and it is just something that really hits home to everybody," he said. "It goes to show that no community is immune from this kind of gun violence that we see playing out across the country. "I am glad to hear the shooter is in custody," Ivey said. The shooting is stunning and tragic, he told CNN's Nadia Romero on Friday.

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Police: 3rd victim in Alabama church shooting dies (ABC News)

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — A 71-year-old man fatally shot two elderly people and wounded a third with a handgun during a potluck dinner at an Alabama church ...

On Saturday, thousands of people rallied in the U.S. and at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to renew calls for stricter gun control measures. “And we pray that you will help us to forgive.” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statement late Thursday lamenting what she called the shocking and tragic loss of life. “It was extremely critical in saving lives,” Ware told a news conference. He said the man’s name is being withheld until prosecutors formally charge him with capital murder. The woman who died Friday was not immediately identified.

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3rd person dies in Alabama church shooting; suspect was ... (NBC News)

The death toll from a shooting inside a church near Birmingham, Alabama, rose to three on Friday, authorities announced, hours after they said the ...

Another attendee at the event subdued the suspect and held him down until police arrived, Ware said. The suspect was taken into custody and capital murder charges against him are pending, police said. On Saturday thousands of people rallied in the U.S. and at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to renew calls for stricter gun control measures. Multiple law enforcement agencies and fire departments were at the scene, police said. The suspect acted alone, and there is no threat to the community, Ware said. "The suspect has previously attended services at this church," Ware said.

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