Six people, including two Kirkwood police officers and the gunman, were killed tonight at Kirkwood City Hall, a St. Louis County police spokeswoman said about 9:25 p.m. Two others were wounded.
Officer Tracy Panus said the man approached City Hall and shot one officer outside, then entered the building and shot and killed another officer.
"He shot three other people who were attending the council meeting. They also are deceased," she said. "One of the members attending the the board meeting was transported to an area hospital."
"He has shot seen people, killing five of them," Panus said. "Kirkwood police officer returned fire and killed him."
Dave Bundy, the editorial director for the Suburban Journals, said that one of the newspaper's reporters, Todd Smith, was injured in the attack.
"We don't know if it was a ricochet or what, but it hit him in the hand and shattered a bone or two," said Bundy, who spoke with Smith in the St. Johns' emergency room.
As medics were removing him from the scene, Bundy said, Smith called his editor and asked that a replacement be sent to city hall to continue reporting the story.
My hat's off to the reporter who had the presence of mind to make sure his paper had a reporter on the scene after he was carried away. My sympathies go out to the families of the brave officers and the others who perished that day.
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