Police confirmed a suspect had been taken into custody after the attack at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham
A shooting at a church in a suburb of one of Alabama’s major cities left one person dead and two others wounded on Thursday, police said, adding a suspect was quickly taken into custody.
The shooting erupted inside St Stephen’s Episcopal church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills, police Capt Shane Ware said at a briefing. He said multiple law enforcement officers rushed to the site after a call reporting an active shooter at 6.22 pm.