Sandpoint, Idaho

From Boise’s KBCItv.com of September 15, 2005

Bonner County sheriff's officials call fatal shooting 'self defense'

Idaho Bonner County sheriff's officials say a fatal shooting was self defense.

A woman shot a 42-year-old Clark Fork man yesterday after giving him a ride to his home. She says she was physically attacked before she pulled the trigger.

Police say that the two are former co-workers.

From Boise’s KBCItv.com of September 16, 2005

Registered sex offender shot, killed after woman says he attacked her

Idaho Police say a northern Idaho man who was shot and killed while attacking a woman was a registered sex offender.

But Bonner County Sheriff's officials say there's no indication 42-year-old Christopher Michael Schmidt's offender status was a factor in the Tuesday night shooting near Sandpoint.

Detectives believe the woman shot Schmidt in self-defense. She says he grabbed her by the throat, tried to take her car keys and force her out of her vehicle.

The Clark Fork man, who had a blood-alcohol level three times Idaho's legal driving limit, was convicted of assault to commit rape in California in 1989.