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On the evening of August 1, 2002, Melissa Jayne Schmidt, a 35-year-old White/Caucasian female police officer with the Minneapolis Police Department, responded to a call about a woman with a gun at a public housing complex. Officer Schmidt and her partner met the 60-year-old female suspect, Martha Donald, at the Horn Towers. After a preliminary search of Donald and her vehicle yielded bullets but no firearm, the suspect requested to use the restroom.
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Melissa Jayne Schmidt
Female
White / Caucasian
Minneapolis
MN
2002-08-01
35
Melissa
Jayne Schmidt
11/09/2025
Forum Posts (3)
Has anyone else been thinking about the training and protocols officers follow in these high-risk si... ...Read More
08/22/2023
08/22/2023
Has anyone else been thinking about the incredibly tough choices officers have to make in a split se... ...Read More
05/16/2023
05/16/2023
I was reading through some old articles about Officer Melissa Jayne Schmidt and was struck by the fa... ...Read More
02/22/2023
02/22/2023
