Such a sad story from Kirkwood, Missouri. Thank you Rentonites for handling your controversial and heated issues with letters, petitions, debate, diplomacy, endorsements, passionate words, campaigns, and the ballot box, instead of physical violence. Many families were destroyed by this, and a community will require many years of healing.
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6 Dead After Gunfire at Mo. Meeting
By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD, AP
KIRKWOOD, Mo. — A gunman with a history of acrimony against civic leaders stormed City Hall during a council meeting Thursday night, killing two police officers and three city officials before law enforcers fatally shot him, authorities said. The mayor was critically injured in the rampage.
That is horrible .
That is absolutely crazy. I’m glad that Renton has a line-up of police who typically sit in the back of chambers.
It’s sad that so many lives were lost, but it’s also sad that this person apparently wasn’t able to get the mental health resources he so obviously needed.