FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING , ALABAMA CHURCH, NOW 3 DEAD!

Police: 3rd victim in Alabama church shooting dies Police say a third victim has died after being shot at a church potluck dinner in Alabama VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. -- A third elderly church member who was shot when a man pulled out a handgun during a potluck dinner has died, police said Friday.

The 84-year-old woman died hours after being rushed to a hospital following the Thursday evening shooting at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills. The suspect, a 71-year-old man, was subdued and held by a person attending the dinner until police arrived, sparing the congregation from further violence, police Capt. Shane Ware said.

“It was extremely critical in saving lives,” Ware told a news conference. “The person that subdued the suspect, in my opinion, was a hero.”

Ware said the suspect and the three victims were all white.

The woman who died Friday was not immediately identified. Vestavia Hills police said in a Facebook post that her name was being withheld because her family requested privacy.