Six people were killed yesterday when Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton stormed into a city council meeting in Kirkwood, Missouri and started shooting after yelling, "Shoot the mayor!" Thornton had already shot and killed two officers on his into the council chamber.
Thornton was said to have frequently disrupted city council meetings by making strange noises and making derogatory comments towards the director of public works, the city attorney and the mayor. In 2006 Thornton sued the city of Kirkwood after he was arrested twice for disorderly conduct at two council meetings. He lost the suit and was later convicted.
Thornton's brother, Gerald, told KMOV-TV in St. Louis "The only way that I can put it in a context that you might understand is that my brother went to war tonight with the people that were of the government that was putting torment and strife into his life."
Thornton was killed when police finally opened fire on him.
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