vestavia hills church shooting
Vestavia Hills church to hold memorial on St. Stephens shooting anniversary
Jane Pounds, 84, Bart Rainey, 84, Sharon Yeager, 75, as well as those who survived the gunfire will be honored.
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church shooter pleads guilty to murder of 3 at potluck supper
Robert Findlay Smith entered his guilty plea Tuesday afternoon before Jefferson County Circuit Judge Kandice Pickett. The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office consulted with the family of the three victims before offering the plea to Smith earlier this month.
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church shooting suspect could avoid execution under plea deal
Robert Findlay Smith is charged with with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three people at a Vestavia Hills church potluck supper.
Man charged with killing 3 at Vestavia Hills church fights mental evaluation
Robert Findlay Smith, 70, hasn’t told a court he plans to use a defense of insanity or mental illness and shouldn’t have to undergo psychological testing at a state facility unless he does so, the defense argued in a brief objection filed Friday.
70-year-old indicted on capital murder charges in St. Stephen’s church triple slaying
Robert Findlay Smith was indicted in the shootings of Walter “Bart” Rainey, 84, of Irondale; Sarah Yeager, 75, of Pelham; and Jane Pounds, 84, of Hoover.
Vestavia Hills gunman repeatedly called 911 in years before arrest
Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies responded to 13 calls in the past three years to the home of the man charged in last week’s shooting deaths of three people at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
Funerals announced for 3 victims of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church shooting
The shooting erupted Thursday evening inside the parish hall at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Three people were killed.
St. Stephen’s first service after church shooting: ‘They made sure that everyone was welcome at their table; it cost them their life’
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church returned to regular services on Sunday morning with a message of unconditional love.
Church shooting suspect was licensed gun dealer warned by federal agents about missing guns
Smith had not recorded the sale or other disposition of a firearm in the required seven days, ATF investigators determined.
Alabama churches return to worship with security on their minds after deadly shooting
A church shooting on June 16 in Vestavia Hills left three members of St. Stephen's Church dead.
‘Shockwaves’: Alabama, U.S. see increase in shootings with multiple victims
So far in 2022, there have been seven mass shootings in Alabama, involving 35 total victims, with four deaths.
St. Stephen’s church shooting tribute: ‘Silence is God’s lap’
Peace and love to the heartbroken Vestavia Hills community
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