birmingham. shooter with injuries, at least three patients. police say st. stevens episcopal church was hosting a pot luck dinner when the suspect, 70-year-old robert smith, who was attending the event, opened fire. at some point, he produced a handgun and began shooting, striking three victims. best estimate we have is going to be in the parrish hall. scene is not secure. reporter: investigators say after opening fire, the supspec was held down by another person at the event. multiple people down. reporter: police identifying the victims at 86-year-old walter rainey, who died on the scene, and 75-year-old sarah jaeger, who died at the hospital. the third victim, 84-year-old jane pounds, died at the hospital friday. the ordeal leaving the community in disbelief. you see it in places you never been to. people you don t know.
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after a shooting inside a church near birmingham. investigators say the man just started shooting during a pot luck dinner on thursday. cnn national correspondent nadia romero is here with the latest for us. nadia, what have you learned? reporter: well, victor, as you mentioned, the third victim now dying from the shooting that happened last night inside of the church behind me, and what s a really nice tree lined neighborhood. people tell me that they just didn t expect it to happen here. we know that there was a pot luck dinner for boomers, so we re talking senior citizens that would come out, bring their own dishes and fellowship inside of the church, and this happened on a regular basis. the 71-year-old suspect who hasn t been named yet was a regular. he would come to these kind of church events. it wasn t suspicious to see him there, until of course he pulled out a handgun, started shooting,
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