GUNMAN KILLS THREE AT CHURCH IN VESTAVIA HILLS AL

Last evening, a gunman opened fire on a covered dish supper group at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, in Vestavia Hills, an affluent suburb on the south side of Birmingham, Alabama. No motive has been announced. News reports say he killed two people and injured another. The injured person died at the hospital. The gunman is now in custody.

Find a news article about this HERE .

Please keep the people of St. Stephen's, and of the Diocese of Alabama in your prayers.

Today, June 17, is the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Mother Emanuel, in Charleston. 

Since shootings in churches and every other public place have become commonplace, every parish and mission should have a live shooter protocol. Something that really should be unthinkable has become all too real. This is the time in which we live.

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UPDATE. 12:00 p.m. Click HERE for new information on this incident.