View Comments Macomb Township — Last year, retired Hamtramck police officer Michael Szymanski lost his job, was charged with a felony and facing up to a decade in prison for shooting his son during a Memorial Day party. But after a Macomb County judge's dismissal of the case last week, he's now focused on rebuilding his life following what his attorney contends was a self-defense shooting that shouldn't have resulted in charges for Szymanski in the first place. "He was charged with a felony, he lost his job and was facing up to 10 years in prison. None of that should have happened," said Szymanski's lawyer Todd Flood.