
In Kirkwood, Missouri yesterday a man walked into a council meeting screaming, “Shoot the Mayer!” and stormed through the place killing many. By the time the shooting ended, he had shot and killed three council members, two police officers, wounded the Mayor and was shot to death by police. Why did alarms not go off when this man entered City Hall with a weapon? I’m sure by now many are asking this very question and if they didn’t have one I’m sure they’ll be getting one in the near future.
Charles Lee Thornton had left a suicide note on his bed, “The Truth Will Come Out in the End.” No clue yet on exactly what the truth was. However, the police are stating that just last month he had lost a freespeech lawsuit against the small town only days before this shooting. Anger filled as he kept getting tickets towards his business, 150 in all, he went crazy, grabbed his gun and jotted a note before headed down to city hall to have a shootout.
Charles had been ticketed several times for parking his company vehicle in the neighborhood, he believed that this was only because he was the only black contractor in the area. Many are left with anger and unanswered questions, his brother only states, “”Understand that this was an act of war by my brother. He had an actual person, or people, that he was in battle with. That this was not a random rampage.”