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The 70-year-old suspected gunman in a shooting that killed three people at an Alabama church sat by himself drinking liquor, rejecting offers to join the others gathered at the potluck dinner, before gunfire shattered the peace of the evening, a survivor recalled.

A woman seated at the same table at the party with the three people who died in shooting said one of the men in the group was able to subdue the gunman.

Church members held the suspect until police arrived, officials said.

A witness to a shooting that killed three at an Alabama church says the gunman had sat by himself, drinking liquor and rejecting offers to join the others

The 70-year-old suspected gunman in a shooting that killed three people at an Alabama church sat by himself drinking liquor, rejecting offers to join the

A survivor of the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church potluck shooting said the suspected gunman, Robert Findlay Smith, rejected offers to join others.

By JAY REEVES and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press

Police say one person at the church potluck was able to subdue the shooter and then restrain him while police arrived. Two of the victims that were killed were 84-years-old and the other was 75-years-old.

Police investigating a shooting at an Alabama church say the 71-year-old visitor previously attended some services there before he showed up for a potluck dinner, pulled a handgun and fatally shot three of the elderly participants, one of whom died in his wife's arms as she whispered words of love in his ear.

The suspect in the killing of three seniors at a church potluck dinner in Alabama has been identified as Robert Findlay Smith, 70.