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Police say prosecutors are preparing to charge a 71-year-old man with murder in the shootings Thursday night at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church outside Birmingham. Police Sgt. Shane said the shooter occasionally attended services at the church.
(AP) — The suspected gunman had previously attended church services and a few church gatherings but didn't seem to interact much with others.
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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 survivor of the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church potluck shooting said the suspected gunman, Robert Findlay Smith, rejected offers to join others.