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.
A 79-year-old Alabama man has been named the recipient of a national heroism award after he stopped an active shooter who killed three people at a potluck dinner at a Vestavia Hills church last year.James W. “Jim” Musgrove will receive the Carnegie Medal for his actions at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on June 16, 2022.