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| A gunman has opened fire on a council meeting in the US city of St Louis, Missouri, killing five people before being shot dead, authorities have said. | |
| The gunman reportedly entered shouting "shoot the mayor" and killed two policemen and three others before police shot him. | |
| The building in the suburb of Kirkwood has been cordoned off. | |
| Around 30 people were at the council meeting. The mayor was reportedly shot but it is not known if he was killed. | Around 30 people were at the council meeting. The mayor was reportedly shot but it is not known if he was killed. |
| The St Louis Post-Dispatch said the gunman was "not a stranger to the council, where he was often a contentious presence". | The St Louis Post-Dispatch said the gunman was "not a stranger to the council, where he was often a contentious presence". |
| The paper's correspondent, Janet McNichols, who was at the meeting, said: "He came from the back of the room. He kept [saying] something about, 'Shoot the mayor' and he just walked around shooting anybody he could." | |
| She said she saw a police officer and an official shot in the head. | |
| "After that, I was on my stomach under the chairs," McNichols said. "I laid on my stomach waiting to get shot." | |
| Kirkwood is about 20 miles (32km) south-west of central St Louis. |