Alabama church carnage toll at 3

An elderly woman shot during a gunman’s rampage at an Alabama church’s potluck dinner has died — bringing the death toll of the bloodbath to three, police said Friday.

The 84-year-old victim had been rushed to the hospital after the gunman shot her and two others during a “Boomers Potluck” at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the suburbs of Birmingham on Thursday, cops said.

A “hero” attendee thwarted the 71-year-old gunman’s attack and helped save lives, Vestavia Hills Police Capt. Shane Ware said.

After refusing to join around 25 others at the dinner, the killer — calling himself “Mr. Smith” — suddenly pulled out a handgun and opened fire, the church’s founding pastor told AL.com.

A church member, Jim Musgrove, then hit the shooter with a chair, pinning him to the floor and wrestling away his gun, the Rev. Doug Carpenter told the local outlet.

Ware said his heroism had been “extremely critical in saving lives.”

“The person that subdued the suspect, in my opinion, was a hero,” he said, without confirming the name.

Before being subdued, the gunman shot dead Walter Rainey, 84, and Sarah Yeager, 75, police said. The 84-year-old woman wasn’t identified because her family had requested privacy, cops said.

The police chief refused to identify the gunman ahead of expected capital murder charges being filed. The gunman and all three victims were white.

Although the suspect was known to have “previously attended services at this church,” the police chief insisted it was too early to “speculate” on a motive.

Carpenter told AL.com that no one at the potluck appeared to know the gunman.