Gunman's motive emerges as Missouri town mourns

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Gunman's motive emerges as Missouri town mourns

KIRKWOOD, MO. - A gunman carrying a grudge against City Hall left a suicide note on his bed warning that "the truth will come out in the end," before he went on a shooting rampage at a council meeting, his brother said Friday.

Arthur Thornton, 42, said at the family's home that he knew when he read the one-line note that Charles Lee (Cookie) Thornton was the man who stormed the Thursday's meeting and killed five people before police shot him dead.

"This was not a random rampage," said another brother, Gerald Thornton.


Full article: http://www.startribune.com/nation/15467796.html

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1. In hindsight, this guy's past behavior is full of red flags.

Hard to tell if he was mentally unstable, or just someone with a short fuse and violent temper, but his past actions do not seem like those of a normal citizen to me.

Without getting into the gun argument, it's interesting to note that he went straight for the people openly carrying pistols (the police officers) first.