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Robert Findlay Smith was spared a potential death sentence thanks to the families of his victims.

A 71-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting three elderly people during a potluck dinner at an Alabama church near Birmingham.

The man charged in the deaths of three senior adults killed during a luncheon at a Birmingham church has pleaded guilty to their murders and will spend the

A 71-year-old man charged with fatally shooting three people during a potluck dinner at an Alabama church has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole.

Robert Findlay Smith entered his guilty plea Tuesday afternoon before Jefferson County Circuit Judge Kandice Pickett. The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office consulted with the family of the three victims before offering the plea to Smith earlier this month.

Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty for Robert Findlay Smith, but the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office offered a plea deal in April after talking to the victims' families.

A 79-year-old Alabama man has been named the recipient of a national heroism award after he stopped an active shooter who killed three people at a potluck dinner at a Vestavia Hills church last year.James W. “Jim” Musgrove will receive the Carnegie Medal for his actions at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on June 16, 2022.

A man facing a potential death penalty in the killing of three people who were shot at an Alabama church dinner is fighting a court-ordered mental evaluation.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A man facing a potential death penalty in the killing of three people who were shot at ...

A man facing a potential death penalty in the killing of three people who were shot at an Alabama church dinner is fighting a court-ordered mental evaluation