A shooting at a church in Alabama has left one person dead and two others wounded. Police have confirmed that a suspect was quickly taken into custody.
The shooting erupted inside Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills on Thursday. Vestavia Hills Police captain Shane Ware said multiple law enforcement officers rushed to the site after a call reporting an active shooter at 6.22 pm.
He said one person was dead and two other wounded people were taken for hospital treatment and confirmed a suspect had been detained. He declined to release the identities of the victims or the suspect and did not give further details about what happened or the extent of the injuries to the wounded.
Numerous law enforcement agents, along with emergency crews, were at the scene and emergency vehicles and fire trucks with lights flashing blocked the road to the site. Yellow police tape was quickly put up around the scene.
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