Article: Gunfire takes a lively soul; Man who was known to many on Water St. dies from injuries in shooting

Scott "Scooter" Schmidt, a fixture on Water St. who was always up for an adventure, had hobbies that would scare most men half to death.

He sped down steep hills on in-line skates, skis, even an old lawn mower when he was little anything that would make him go faster than common sense thought he should.

He began driving go-karts regularly during the last year and raced his best lap ever on Sunday, days before he died.

Schmidt was shot Wednesday night in his apartment in the 200 block of E. North Ave. and died Thursday. He was 42. His dog, a Siberian husky named Cosmo, also was shot. It is unclear whether Cosmo will

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