Shooting Victim Dials 911 for Daughter

An Appleton (Wisc.) woman who was shot in the chest by her son-in-law managed to dial 911 and rather calmly report, “Shots have been fired…” Barbara Wing arrived at her daughter’s home to find estranged husband Scott Schmidt arguing upstairs and waving a gun. Kelly Schmidt came downstairs and ran outside, followed by her husband. Within second Scott Schmidt opened fire with .22-cal. pistol, hitting his wife, and then he shot Wing in the chest. Wing managed to go back inside to dial 911, as Schmidt shot his wife several more times. An Appleton officer arrived within moments to arrest Schmidt without incident. Wing survived the attack, but Kelly Schmidt did not. Listen to the dramatic logging tape of the 911 call here. Also read the comm center manager’s assessment of how the call was handled by 25-year veteran dispatcher Tami Schurer.