Editing Charles Lee Thornton (section)

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Charles_Lee_Thornton.jpeg
|fullname = Charles Lee Thornton
|alias = Cookie
|origin = St. Louis, Missouri, United States
|occupation = Head of his own construction company
|type of villain = Vengeful Mass Shooter
|goals = Get revenge on the city for not getting construction contracts (partially successful)
|crimes = Mass murder
|hobby = }}{{Quote|The truth will come out in the end.|Thornton in a suicide note left before the shooting.}}'''Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton''' (December 23, 1955 – February 7, 2008) was an American mass murderer who perpetrated a [[Mass Shooting|shooting]] at the Kirkwood City Hall on February 7, 2008, during a meeting of the city council in Kirkwood, Missouri. He killed six people and injured two others, include Mayor Mike Swoboda, before he was killed by responding police officers. His motive for committing the shooting was reportedly because he believed that his construction company had been denied construction contracts for racially biased reasons.