Gunman Kills 5 at Missouri Public Meeting

Gunman Kills 5 at Missouri Public Meeting

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KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) -- A gunman stormed a city council meeting Thursday night, killing two police officers and three other people before law enforcers fatally shot him, authorities said. The man's gunfire injured the mayor, a newspaper reported.

The victims at the meeting in suburban St. Louis were killed after the gunman rushed the council chambers and began firing as he yelled ''Shoot the mayor,'' according to St. Louis County Police spokeswoman Tracy Panus.

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Just one report like this after another. The cops prevailed but not before three innocents and two other cops were shot and killed. Guns, guns, guns. Again, this is yet another example of someone determined to kill. The suspect appears to have been targeting the Mayor. Apparently he was determined not to let anybody get in the way of his objective.

For many people in this country the solution to their problems lies within the barrel of a firearm. Where does this notion come from? It really is a puzzle for me that this thinking is very common. For killing, for defending, for protecting, for avenging -- the motive is the same. Solution.

Even though those cops killed the murderer. The problem still exits. The murderer is gone, but the problem of people who are killers, or who will become killers, still exists. It is the bitterest reality that Man hunts himself.

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