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Alabama man, accused of shooting three people on Friday, showed noticeable black eyes on a mugshot after being beaten in a folding chair.
70-year-old Robert Findley Smith was charged with murder on Thursday in an attack during the "Boomer's Potluck" at the Anglican Church in St. Stephens, a suburb of Birmingham. It wasat night.
He said that after shooting two 84-year-old victims and a 75-year-old victim, another church member in his 70s rushed the shooter, hit him in a folding chair, and stopped the attack. It has been.
This reserved photo was published by Jefferson County Prison in Birmingham. Alabama shows Robert Findley Smith charged with murder in a shooting that killed three people at the Church of Alabama on Friday, June 17, 2022. (Jefferson County Prison via AP)
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"He hit him in a folding chair, wrestled on the ground, took a gun from him, and hit his head with his own gun," retired from the church. Pastor, Rev. Doug Carpenter, is allegedly described.
Later, according to a mugshot released by the Jefferson County Prison in Birmingham, parishioners were able to disarm Smith and were almost unharmed, but with major bruising and red eye. did.
Authorities confirmed Friday that all three victims shot during the attack on Thursday were injured and killed.
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Smith's motive remained unknown and wasbehind the shooting.
After shooting the saints, church members comfort each other Meet Thursday, June 16, 2022, Stevens Episcopal Church, Vestavia, Alabama (AP Photo / Butch Dill)
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Carpenter sits alone at dinner with Smith, who previously attended intermittent church events intermittently. Witnesses reportedly explained how they did not eat.
The shooter seems to have refused an invitation to a bring-your-own party from his fellow parishioners before he fired.
"Why did the guy who was there for a while suddenly decide to go to dinner and kill someone?" Asked Carpenter, who retired in 2005. "It doesn't make sense."
Captain Shaneware Police Is a church during a press conference in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, on Friday, June 17, 2022. Three people were shot dead when a man pulled out his pistol and began firing at a night rally at St. Stephen's Church, officials said. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
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The parishioners detained a man identified as Smith until police arrived at the scene.
"In my opinion, it was the hero who subdued the suspect," police captain Shaneware said at a press conference on Friday, "very important in saving lives." Said that.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
