Local Pastor Reacts to Vestavia Hills Church Shooting
A third person has died in the Vestavia Hills church shooting, and the accused shooter has been identified by police.
The Archdiocese of Mobile has issued a statement in response to the mass shooting at a Roman Catholic school in Minneapolis, while Gov. Kay Ivey has ordered flags lowered in memory of the victims.
A gunman opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Roman Catholic church and struck a group of children celebrating Mass during the first week of school.
The man who opened fire outside a Michigan church filled with worshippers before he was struck by a vehicle and then fatally shot by security staff had attended services there a couple of times in the last year and his mother is a member, police said.
The shooter who opened fire at a Texas megachurch on Sunday before being killed by security officers had a history of mental illness and used an AR-style rifle in the attack.
The man who pleaded guilty to killing three people at a church in Vestavia Hills last year has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Vestavia Hills police have now released the identity of the man charged in a fatal shooting at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church that left three people dead.
A third person has died in the Vestavia Hills church shooting, and the accused shooter has been identified by police.
Vestavia Hills police have released more details about the suspect accused of a deadly church shooting.
The shooting erupted inside Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills on Thursday.