US: Gunman's year of rage ends in massacre

The man who shot dead five people at a Missouri council meeting was angry over thousands of dollars in parking tickets and citations piled up against his asphalt firm.

Charles “Cookie” Thornton raged at Kirkwood city council meetings over the years, saying he was being persecuted, mocking city officials as “jackasses” and accusing them of having a racist “plantation mentality” because he was black.