On a tragic autumn day in 1988, Lieutenant James L. Schmit, a 41-year-old Caucasian male and a 20-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department, lost his life in the line of duty. The events leading to his death began on the morning of October 17th, when officers were dispatched to an apartment building at 4130 Springle Avenue to investigate a disturbance. A mentally disturbed man named Charles Knowles had barricaded himself inside his apartment, which he had soaked with gasoline, and was preven
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