Witnesses say a “hero” parishioner hit a gunman with a chair and held him down until police could arrive after the suspect had opened fire inside an Alabama church, killing three people.
Captain Shane Ware of the Vestavia Hills Police Department said the churchgoer’s actions had undoubtedly spared further bloodshed after the 71-year-old suspect pulled a handgun at a “Boomers Potluck” dinner at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Birmingham, on Thursday evening.
