A gunman opened fire on a small church group at a church in Alabama on Thursday evening (local time). Two of the three people who were shot died. The background and a possible motive are still unclear.
In the US southern state of Alabama, a man shot at participants in a church group. Two of the three people who were shot died, one person was injured and taken to the hospital, a police spokesman said on Thursday (local time) in Vestavia Hills, a district of the city of Birmingham.
The shooter was arrested. There is no danger to the population. According to initial information, the man appeared alone at the meeting of a small group in the local Episcopal Church in the early evening and opened fire on those present. The police initially gave no further information about the perpetrator or a possible motive.
