300px |Kirkwood City Hall A local man known for his outbursts and disruptive behavior with city officials killed five people at a city council meeting in City of Kirkwood Thursday before he was shot dead by police. The suspect shot and killed a Kirkwood Police officer on the way into City Hall where he shot a second officer. He then proceeded to shoot five more people in the room, killing 3 more. Kirkwood Police called to the scene for shots fired, returned fire killing the suspect. According to St. Louis County Police spokesman Tracy Panus. "He came from the back of the room," said Janet McNichols, the Post Dispatch correspondent. "He kept yelling 'shoot the mayor' and he just walked around shooting anybody he could." The two wounded include a Suburban Journal Reporter and Mayor Mike Swoboda. Swoboda underwent emergency surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the head Thursday night at St. John's Mercy Hospital in Creve Couer . Hospital spokesman Bill McShane delined to discuss Swoboda's injuries. He did note that another Suburban Journals reporter Todd Smith was in satisfactory condition. Smith was shot in the hand. According to KSDK,  Thornton had been banned from City Council meetings  but had made it known that he would be at Thursday night's meeting and extra police were assigned ahead of time. Swoboda, council members Michael H.T. Lynch and Conne Karr, and Public works Director Kenneth Yost were shot  said the Post's McNichols.
200px |Kirkwood City Hall On Thursday, a local man known for his outbursts and disruptive behavior with city officials killed five people at a city council meeting in City of Kirkwood , Missouri, United States. During the melee, he was shot dead by police. The suspect shot and killed a Kirkwood Police officer on the way into City Hall where he shot a second officer. He then proceeded to shoot five more people in the room, killing 3 more. Kirkwood Police called to the scene for shots fired, returned fire killing the suspect. According to St. Louis County Police Department spokesperson Tracy Panus. "He came from the back of the room," said Janet McNichols, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch correspondent. "He kept yelling 'shoot the mayor' and he just walked around shooting anybody he could." The two wounded are a Suburban Journals reporter and Mayor Mike Swoboda. Swoboda underwent emergency surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the head Thursday night at St. John's Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur . Hospital spokesman Bill McShane delined to discuss Swoboda's injuries. He did note that another Suburban Journals reporter Todd Smith was in satisfactory condition. Smith was shot in the hand. According to KSDK, an NBC affiliate, Thornton had been banned from City Council meetings , but had made it known that he would be at Thursday night's meeting and extra police were assigned ahead of time. Swoboda, council members Michael H.T. Lynch and Conne Karr, and Public Works Director Kenneth Yost were shot , said the Post's McNichols.
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