Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

REVEALED: Regular churchgoer at Alabama Episcopalian church, 71, pulled out gun and shot dead woman, 75 and man, 84, at 'Boomer potluck' dinner before being taken down by hero congregant
Daily Mail UK ^ | June 17, 2022 | Alex Hammer

Posted on 06/17/2022 11:46:04 AM PDT by Morgana

The suspect allegedly behind a shooting at an Alabama church that saw two seniors killed was a regular attendee at the house of worship, cops have revealed. Speaking to the press Friday, police said the gunman was in attendance at he Alabama Episcopalian church at the time of the shooting Thursday, at a meeting billed as a 'Boomers' Potluck.'

The suspect, identified as a 71-year-old white male and an 'occasional attendee of the church' Friday, pulled out the firearm roughly an hour into 5pm event, and shot three attendees, two fatally.

The gunman had reportedly concealed the gun, a pistol, before opening fire at the potluck dinner.

Police said a 'hero' Good Samaritan who also attended the event prevented more casualties by restraining the suspect at the scene, striking him with a chair and holding him to the ground until police arrived.

At a news conference Friday morning, Vestavia Hills police provided some details on the shooting, such as the identities of the victims - but did not release a name or motive for the incarcerated suspect, who faces capital murder charges.

The suspect reportedly called himself Mr. Smith and was sitting alone at the event when a fellow congregant invited him to their table.

The man then refused, witnesses said, producing the handgun and opening fire.

Scroll down for video:

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Religion
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; aloneandcrazy; boomers; malcontent; psycho
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-51 last
To: Morgana

I’ve tried to find the name of the suspect, without luck. He called himself Mr. Smith, apparently. Between the poorly written articles and the lack of information from LE, this is a strange story.


41 posted on 06/17/2022 2:36:46 PM PDT by SE Mom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ansel12

‘They’ are chronologically older but ‘they;’ who are running the country are five year olds and empty teens.


42 posted on 06/17/2022 3:18:41 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: ansel12

Leaders don’t matter nearly as much as the SHEEP who fall for it.

My parents’ Gen was NOT part of the counterculture commie crap. Of course some older people instigated it. By that measure you can blame the gens before them that included “progressives” who tried to change society.


43 posted on 06/17/2022 4:19:41 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVds)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: Morgana

He shot a dead woman? What was she doing there in the first place? (When will they learn to write?)


44 posted on 06/17/2022 4:20:38 PM PDT by GingisK
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GingisK

Groucho Marx once shot an elephant in his pajama’s.


45 posted on 06/17/2022 4:25:55 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Life is what you make it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: the OlLine Rebel

The people we know from the 1960s were almost all ‘silent generation’ people. People like, Bob Seger, Jane Fonda, John Denver, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Paul & Mary, Grace Slick, Neil Young , the Beatles, Van Morrison, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia, Pete Townsend, Joe Cocker, Judy Collins, Jimmy Page, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Williams Ayers, Bernadette Dohrn, the Chicago Seven, Rod Stewart, Abbie Hoffman, Hunter S. Thompson, Malcom X, Charles Manson, Brian Wilson, the Rolling Stones, the Jefferson Airplane, and the Mamas and the Papas, Jimmy Page, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, etc, etc, etc, just about everyone that you can name.


46 posted on 06/17/2022 4:27:19 PM PDT by ansel12 ( Kill a Commie for Mommy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: HandyDandy

;-D


47 posted on 06/17/2022 4:34:28 PM PDT by GingisK
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: Not A Snowbird

An “occasional attendee” is a “Regular attendee” in the Episcopal church


48 posted on 06/17/2022 4:44:25 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: ansel12

Keep trying.

The point is the SHEEP - the HERD - was a bunch of (real) Boomers who did the bidding of the commies. (Probably influenced greatly by the stupid devotion of “Great (not) Gen” to Dr. Spock, who helped raise these spoiled rotten brats. They screamed so much they got their way, and they’ve been getting their way ever since. Including ceaseless patting themselves on the back.

Look again at your name-dropping, and I’ll bet you’ll find most of those were born 1943+, anyway.


49 posted on 06/17/2022 6:46:53 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVds)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: dsrtsage
Why would he shoot a dead woman?

It's the DailyMail. Apparently that's how the British tabloid press clears up the question as to whether it was a wounding shot or a lethal shot—they say "shot dead" where we would just say "shot 4, killing 1" or "shot a man, killing him."

50 posted on 06/17/2022 7:58:02 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: the OlLine Rebel

You are the one trying to ignore the facts, all those listed and many, many more or either silent generation or older, not to mention all of the older adults.

Believe me, the 60s was about adults and even pre WWII adults, not the five year olds and 20 year olds, by the way, you do know that the under 30s voted heavily (52%) for Nixon in 1972, and that they were the most supportive of the Vietnam war, I hope, and why not, the boomers were our last great warrior generation with 10 million serving.


51 posted on 06/17/2022 8:39:38 PM PDT by ansel12 ( Kill a Commie for Mommy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-51 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson