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In the warm evening of July 5, 2015, a dispute in Auburn, Washington's Les Gove Park tragically cut short the life of 31-year-old Chaz Schmitz, a White Caucasian male. Schmitz, along with a 29-year-old woman named Sara Arthur, was at the park when an argument erupted with another man. The verbal altercation quickly escalated to a fatal confrontation.
The man they were arguing with, identified as Charles C. Petrich, a 39-year-old transient, retrieved a. 22 caliber rifle from his white Chev ...Read More
The man they were arguing with, identified as Charles C. Petrich, a 39-year-old transient, retrieved a. 22 caliber rifle from his white Chev ...Read More
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Chaz Schmitz
Male
White / Caucasian
Auburn
WA
2015-07-05
31
Chaz
Schmitz
11/09/2025





