An attack took place Thursday in front of a church in Vestavia Hills in Alabama, in the south of the United States.
"Three people at Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church were hit by bullets," the city's police detailed on their Facebook page.
Two died and another was injured, she said.
The shooting took place shortly after 6 p.m. (11 p.m. GMT), when a "potluck" was organized, a community meal where everyone brings a dish, according to the Saint Stephen's website.
Police said the assailant entered the church alone and started firing.
Three people were affected: two died and another injured, she said.
It also indicates that a suspect is currently in custody, and that there is "no additional threat" to the city.
The United States is going through an outbreak of gun violence, marked in particular by the massacre in a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, which left 21 dead, including 19 children.
Since the beginning of the year, already more than 20,000 people have died by firearm in the United States, according to the site Gun Violence Archive, which incorporates suicides in its data.
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