Elisha Anderson and L.L. Brasier of the Free Press reports Paul DeWolf, a University of Michigan medical student and a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, expected to graduate in the spring. He wanted to serve his country, perform surgeries and embark on medical missions.
He ran marathons, played volleyball, scuba dived and played several musical instruments, including the piano, French horn and more recently, the acoustic guitar. He was the middle of three children.
DeWolf was murdered July 23, and Ann Arbor police believe they have the perpetrators in custody. Two men have been charged and a third is in custody. One of the key elements in the case was a stolen laptop, which helped lead cops to the suspects.
As Anderson summarizes the killing:
DeWolf was asleep late that Tuesday night, scheduled to work the next morning at the Ann Arbor VA Hospital.
The sound of the door opening to his basement room in the Phi Rho Sigma house near the University of Michigan campus startled him. Three men crept in and shut the door.
DeWolf, 25, lifted his head and asked what was going on. One of the intruders pointed a gun and ordered him not to move.
At some point, DeWolf got out of bed and groped for something on his dresser. The man with the gun tried to hit DeWolf with the weapon and it went off.
The popular University of Michigan medical student was shot in the neck and killed.
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