AN APPLETON, WISCONSIN, FIRE LIEUTENANT WAS ARRESTED ON-SCENE Friday morning and charged with murdering his estranged wife and attempting to kill her mother in the nearby city of Grand Chute.
Scott E. Schmidt
Scott Schmidt, 38, was off duty at the time when he arrived at the house that he used to share with his wife Kelly, 39, around 9:45 am Friday. He had apparently parked his car about a half-mile away and walked from there to the house where he found Kelly and her mother Barbara Wing, 66, outside on the driveway. He is charged with shooting Barbara in the head and his mother-in-law in the chest with a handgun.
When the police dispatch went out, an officer was just a block away and he arrived promptly while Scott was still standing there with the gun in his hand. Upon seeing the officer, he threw the gun on the ground and surrendered without incident.
Post-Crescent photo
This video report from WLUK-TV gives a good summary of what happened:
The Appleton Post-Crescent reports:
Schmidt, a lieutenant and decorated 15-year veteran of the (Appleton) fire department, has had a series of legal and marital troubles recently.
He was convicted in September of domestic disorderly conduct. He previously had threatened to kill his wife, according to documents filed by his probation officer.
His probation from the disorderly conduct conviction was revoked on March 11 and he was ordered not to possess guns. A judge also had ordered Schmidt to undergo alcohol and other drug abuse counseling and have a domestic abuse assessment.
Schmidt is due to appear on May 11 in Calumet County Court for causing injury with intoxicated use of a vehicle.
He was booked into the Outagamie County Jail about 4:50 p.m. Friday on preliminary charges of first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree attempted homicide.
The home is located on the border of Grand Chute and Appleton, but is in Grand Chute. However, since the Appleton police were first on the scene it has become a joint investigation. Search warrants were being executed yesterday for the house and Schmidt’s current residence as well as his car.
Appleton Post-Crescent
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