ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

Sniper Snapped?


Shooter: 47-year-old Defense Attorney, Michael Edward Schmidt

This one happened outside of a luxury condo building in Dallas, Texas. Luckily, no one other than the shooter wound up dead.

Snip:
A high-profile lawyer in Dallas, Texas was shot dead by police after he barricaded himself in his luxury condominium complex and fired at cops, NBCDFW reports.

The lawyer, 47-year-old Michael Edward Schmidt, reportedly told an employee at the Glass House by Windsor luxury complex that his condo was being burglarized around 2 a.m. on Thursday.

That worker called the cops, and Schmidt then barricaded himself in a hallway near the lobby of the complex while wearing only his boxer shorts.

"At some point, the individual moved from his barricaded position towards the officers," Deputy Chief Gil Garza with the Dallas Police Department told Fox. "It was then the officers returned fire striking him. He was pronounced deceased at the scene."

Schmidt — who had recently been through a divorce — had an 11-year-old daughter who was in his condo and wasn't harmed. Unnamed sources told Fox that Schmidt had been taking prescription drugs which his family believes may have made him "snap."

The officers involved in the shootout have been put on leave during an investigation. (HOTD: that's standard; doesn't seem to be any indication that the officers' conduct is in question on this one.)

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-e...z2pMWRzVA4
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So many of the "snapped" cases that I've followed and even more of the child murders seem to happen when there are divorce and custody disputes in play. Drugs are in the picture a lot of the time, too.

There may be more to the story on this one; investigation underway.

Glad that the shooter's little girl is okay and that no officers were hit.