They call this "suicide by cop" - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Can't Know · #1 01-03-2014, 12:11 PM

These incidents are always so sad. I am grateful no one else was injured. It usually traumatizes the cops involved, too.

Dallas Police Fatally Shoot Armed Resident in Condominium Lobby | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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...the individual shot at officers when officers tried to speak with him. The officers then retreated into cover.

Witnesses said Schmidt continued to intermittently fire shots while officers spoke to him from cover. A witness that heard the situation unfold from across the street said he believed the gunman fired a half-dozen shots at police during the shootout.

Garza said that Schmidt moved from his barricaded position and went toward the officers at some point during the incident. Police said it was at this time that the officers returned fire, striking and killing the man. Schmidt was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jim B. · #2 01-03-2014, 07:21 PM

NBC 5 learned that Schmidt had recently gone through a divorce. A relative tells the Dallas Morning News that Schmidt was a father of four, adding that he was sweet and generous but had recently had some problems.

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I would guess that probably a bitter divorce put this lawyer off the rails.

Divorce courts are totally sexist, anti-male, and even more so when there are children, and this guy had four of them.