
A man guards his candle from the wind during a memorial honoring victims of the Kirkwood City Hall shooting ten years later on Feb. 7, 2018.

Todd Smith is able to work on his laptop after being shot in the hand during the Kirkwood shooting in 2008.

Years later, in 2018, Smith's injuries from the shooting still leave scars on his hand.

The scene of the Kirkwood City Hall shooting, photographed 10 years later on March 7, 2018.

An average house in Meacham Park, the area of Kirkwood in which Thornton lived, is shown in 2018, only 10 years after the shooting occurred. Only 30 years prior, residents say the area was still struggling with lack of street lights, sidewalks and indoor plumbing.

Former mayor of Kirkwood Art McDonnell stands in downtown Kirkwood outside Kirkwood City Hall on Feb. 14, 2018. McDonnell was present that the shooting that killed his friends and colleagues. McDonnell became mayor of the city soon after the shooting.

People laid roses outside Kirkwood City Hall in memory of the victims 10 years after the shooting on Feb. 7, 2018.

Former Meacham Park resident Patricia Clark is sits in her home in 2018. Clark is an activist who works to improve the neighborhood through her work with the Meacham Park Homeowners Association as well as low income families.

A police officer watches the memorial held 10 years after the Kirkwood shooting at Kirkwood City Hall on Feb. 7, 2018. Two police officers were killed during the shooting.

The scene of the Kirkwood City Hall shooting, photographed 10 years later on March 7, 2018.