Man credited with stopping Vestavia Hills church shooter to receive major heroism award

by ABC 33/40

Mon, March 27th 2023, 8:28 PM UTC

Carnegie Medal, North America's highest honor for civilian heroism. (Carnegie Hero Fund Commission)

The Vestavia Hills Police Department on the scene of a shooting at St. Stephens Episcopal Church near the intersection of Overton Road and Crosshaven Drive. (abc3340.com)

This booking photograph released by the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Ala., shows Robert Findlay Smith, who was charged with capital murder on Friday, June 17, 2022, in a shooting that killed three people at an Alabama church. (Jefferson County Jail via AP)

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Carnegie Medal, North America's highest honor for civilian heroism. (Carnegie Hero Fund Commission)

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