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Man shoots himself at Council meeting
Jenny Wallace
Issue date: 10/3/07 Section: News
Shortly after 8 p.m. this evening, during a private Clarksville City Council meeting, a man shot himself in the council chambers, according to eye-witnesses. Clarksville Police Officers responded to the scene and immediately evacuated the building.
According to meeting attendees, the man was at the meeting to hear the council's decision regarding his request for an ordinance change. The request allegedly had to do with the man's business. After a long discussion, his request was denied by the Council, the man then became visibly upset.
He walked to the front of the room, approaching the City Council members, at which point Mayor Johnny Piper informed the man that it was not an open meeting, thus the floor was not open to debate, according to another unnamed meeting attendee.
At this point, the man took the gun out and shot himself.
The council meets in the Clarksville City Council Chambers which is directly across from City hall.
Those who attended the meeting and spoke to The All State requested to not be named due to the personally emotional nature of the situation.
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According to meeting attendees, the man was at the meeting to hear the council's decision regarding his request for an ordinance change. The request allegedly had to do with the man's business. After a long discussion, his request was denied by the Council, the man then became visibly upset.
He walked to the front of the room, approaching the City Council members, at which point Mayor Johnny Piper informed the man that it was not an open meeting, thus the floor was not open to debate, according to another unnamed meeting attendee.
At this point, the man took the gun out and shot himself.
The council meets in the Clarksville City Council Chambers which is directly across from City hall.
Those who attended the meeting and spoke to The All State requested to not be named due to the personally emotional nature of the situation.
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jasmine Gandhi
posted 10/09/07 @ 12:09 PM CST
The truth about this story should be brought by Clarksville journalists worth their salt. Every one of those twelve council members that participated in denying Bo his rights, in a 7-5 vote should be asked to state their reasons for why they voted the way they did. (Continued…)
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