He was wounded on February 7 , 2008 , when Charles " Cookie " Thornton went on a shooting rampage at a meeting in the city hall . Swoboda , who was one of the targets of the rampage , was taken to St. John ’s Mercy Medical Center in critical condition . Swoboda was shot in the lower jaw , with the bullet exiting from his cheek , and was also shot in the back of his head . He received a surgery on February 7 and a second on February 8 , which lasted three hours . On February 13 he opened his eyes , and on the 15th his condition was upgraded to serious
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