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Scott Helenschmidt
United States · Aged 47 · Died 09/05/2007
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Around 7:15 p.m., Helenschmidt called the sheriff's office he had worked for until 1996 to report that he had taken a hostage. A Special Response Unit responded. Helenschmidt refused to negotiate. Around 10:00 p.m., he shot at the deputies. A deputy fatally shot him. Helenschmidt did not have a hostage as he claimed. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. Helenschimdt had lost two friends in a murder-suicide two weeks before.
Alleged responsible partyWichita County Sheriff's OfficeReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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