Beloved Cass Technical High School coach killed in Detroit
DETROIT – Family and friends are still trying to process the untimely death of Cass Technical High School coach Dennis Smith who was widely known as “Coach Smitty.”
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Smith, 46, was shot and killed on Livernois Avenue May 5. There is surveillance footage showing the suspect firing the weapon.
“He was more than just a football coach,” said Maria Adams-Lawton.
All Adams-Lawton can do now is remember the good times she had with the coach.
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