Council Meeting Shooting

Makeshift Memorial — AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Jean Gutchewsky places flowers outside Kirkwood City Hall Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo. A gunman opened fire at a meeting of the Kirkwood City Council in suburban St. Louis Thursday night, killing five people before being shot and killed by police.

Official 2008 portrait of the Kirkwood, Mo., City Council. Seated from left: Timothy E. Griffin, Mayor Mike Swoboda, Arthur J. McDonnell. Standing from left: Michael H.T. Lynch, Joseph E. Godi, Connie Karr, Iggy Yuan. A gunman with a history of acrimony against civic leaders stormed City Hall during council meeting Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, killing two police officers and three city officials before police fatally shot him.

Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton is seen in this undated photo. Thornton was identified by witnesses as the gunman who opened fire at a city council meeting Thursday night Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo., killing two police officers and at least three city officials before law enforcers fatally shot him.

Police stand outside city hall Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo. A gunman opened fire inside the building at a meeting of the Kirkwood City Council in suburban St. Louis Thursday night, hitting the mayor and several council members, leaving six people dead including the shooter and two officers.

A police car sits outside city hall Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

Police investigate the scene of the shooting Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

A visibly shaken man is helped to a waiting ambulance outside city hall Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

A visibly shaken man sits in the back of an ambulance outside city hall Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

Law enforcement officers stand outside the Kirkwood police department next door to city hall where a gunman opened fire at a meeting of the Kirkwood City Council Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

Police enter city hall after a gunman opened fire at a meeting of the Kirkwood City Council Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

Police walk outside city hall Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

Police officers embrace outside the scene at Kirkwood City Hall, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

Police officers surround the shooting scene outside Kirkwood City Hall Thursday at the corner of Madison and Kirkwood Road, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

Missouri Highway Patrol troopers surround the shooting scene across the street from Kirkwood City Hall, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo.

Flowers are seen on the stairs leading to Kirkwood City Hall as the flag outside is at half staff Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo. A gunman opened fire at a meeting of the Kirkwood City Council in suburban St. Louis Thursday night, killing five people before being shot and killed by police.

Residents gather at the Kirkwood United Methodist Church to remember those killed in a shooting rampage Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 in Kirkwood, Mo.