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News » Schmidt takes stand in own defense
Mar. 9, 2010
The former Appleton firefighter charged with killing his estranged wife says he went to her Grand Chute home to confront her, and her boyfriend.
Scott Schmidt testified in his own defense this afternoon in Outagamie County court. He says when Kelly Wing Schmidt ran outside, he remembers pushing the door open, and hearing a gunshot. He says he doesn't remember shooting her.
Schmidt says he parked his car at a nearby fire station because he thought he was going to punch Wing Schmidt's boyfriend in the nose, and he might go to jail for a couple of days.
He says he got the gun out of the garage because he was going to bring it home with him or store it in a construction trailer. Schmidt says it fell out of his waistband while they argued in the house, and that's how it ended up in his hand.
Schmidt will be back on the stand tomorrow morning. His attorney argues that Schmidt didn't intend to kill his wife, so jurors should consider a lesser charge of reckless homicide.
The jury could get the case sometime tomorrow afternoon. |
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