UPDATE: Vestavia Hills Church Shooting Suspect Identified - Alabama News alnews alcrime vestaviahills alabamanewsnetwork
Robert Findlay Smith – Photo from Vestavia Hills Police Department
St. Stephen’s was Rainey’s favorite place, a church that “welcomes everyone with love,” according to his family. They said in a statement Friday that it was hard to believe he was killed attending a church dinner with his wife of six decades. Carpenter said one victim’s wife and other witnesses recounted what had happened. They said a man who introduced himself only as “Mr. Smith” sat at a table by himself — as he’d done while visiting a previous church dinner.
Soon afterward, Carpenter said, the man drew his gun and opened fire. Carpenter said another member, a man in his 70s, grabbed a chair and charged the gunman. “It was extremely critical in saving lives,” Ware told a news conference Friday. “The person that subdued the suspect, in my opinion, was a hero.”
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