Search ends after man turns gun on self
Posted: 02/01/2013
By: Bob Jones, newsnet5.com
By: Stephanie Ramirez, newsnet5.com
Investigators wondered how the Marine, who had served in Afghanistan, had found so much trouble just a few months after he was discharged.
MEDINA, Ohio - Andrew Baumgartner was a Marine, who served in Afghanistan, and planned to become a cop, according to Medina County detectives.
But on Thursday night, the police were after Baumgartner after he scuffled with Sgt. Scott Schmoll on I-271 near State Route 94.
Baumgartner, 27, of Westlake, also tried to get inside a Granger Township home before disappearing into a wooded area and taking his own life.
The bizarre and tense chain of events unfolded shortly after 11 p.m., after concerned drivers called 911 to report a man walking along the expressway.
Sgt. Schmoll responded and offered to give Baumgartner a ride.
But when Schmoll patted the man down, he felt a pistol tucked inside his waistband. Schmoll didn't know it at the time, but the gun was loaded.
Suddenly, the two wrestled to the ground.
"The suspect turned on my sergeant and they were hands on and they were involved in a tussle. The sergeant told me as soon as he put his hands and felt the weapon, it started right then. It happened very fast," said Lt. Matthew Linscott.
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It is sad that this happened. But the marines tend to ignore issues these guys have. There is an entire site about how the marines ignored the suicide admissions of a marine that raped a woman and also ignored the rape.
ReplyDeleteThis marine is also from this same area.
http://www.theusmarinesrape.com/MarshmallowHead.html
There is so much going on that is not getting the attention of the public. How can it when the major news outlets focus for days on skeet or if a performance was on tape or not?
ReplyDeleteThe press has only gotten worse since the Internet exploded. No one is taking the time to focus on the troops or our veterans. That's why I have to spend so much time tracking reports across the country. They should be doing their jobs so the public can force change out of Washington.