Alabama police discovered that three people had been shot inside the church, including one person who was killed. The suspect was taken into custody following the incident.
Two people were killed and one person was injured on Thursday during a church shooting in Vestavia Hills, Alabama.said that officers and emergency workers responded to a report of an active shooter at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at around 6:22 p.m. local time. Police discovered that three people had been shot inside the church. Two of the shooting victims were killed, while another was being treated at a local hospital in unknown condition.
"I would like to reiterate that the suspect is in custody," he added."There is no threat to the community at this time." The Reverend Kelley Hudlow of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama told NBC affiliate WVTM that she did not know how many people attended the potluck. She said that all of the church staff had been accounted for and were apparently unharmed.
"We can get through this together, and we are going to do everything we can to take care of the folks that have been hurt," she continued."And this community that's been hurt, too, by this."