BREAKING UPDATE: Mug shot, charges released against man accused of killing three at Alabama church
/Gray News) - Authorities are charging 70-year-old Robert Findlay Smith with capital murder of two or more persons involving the deaths of three people at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Thursday evening.
Two other victims were taken to UAB Hospital for treatment. One of those victims - 75-year-old Sarah Yeager of Pelham - was pronounced dead shortly after.Vestavia Hills Police said Smith entered a gathering at the church and started shooting. Officers said Smith acted alone. Rev. Kelley Hudlow, Missioner for Clergy Formation for the Diocese of Alabama, said the event is shocking and she knows the church family needs everyone’s prayers. She said Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church is built on love.
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