Shooter Had Long History With City Hall
By CHERYL WITTENAUER
Associated Press Writer Posted: Feb. 8, 2008
Even before he shot and killed five people at a City Council meeting, thousands of dollars in parking tickets and citations piled up against the asphalt company owner. He raged at meetings over the years that he was being persecuted, mocking city officials as “jackasses” and accusing them of having a racist “plantation mentality.”
His outbursts at the meetings got him arrested twice on read the rest here
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More on Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton
Police are releasing few details about what went on inside Kirkwood City Hall during Thursday night’s deadly shooting.
Police say Charles “Cookie” Lee Thornton, armed with his own large-caliber revolver, shot and killed Kirkwood police officer William Biggs outside of City Hall before taking Biggs’ weapon and storming the meeting. read story here
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So tell us who, in your point of view, is going to go postal? The problem is that you cannot tell with certainty. When is the next meeting? This Kirkwood tragedy is very unsettling.
Comment by jl — February 12, 2008 #
One of those cases where you say, “I’m not surprised it was him.”
Comment by Anonymous — February 12, 2008 #