The Detroit cops were unexpectedly assaulted by machine-gun fire, and during the encounter, Inspector Todd was killed by DeWald (he died in Axel""s arms after ordering: "Axel, are you on a coffee break? Go get that son of a bitch!").Its main underpinings were his comeuppance understanding that men had to be in tune with their sensitive side, while women were expected to settle down and marry.The composite character also has elements of Charles Manson and 60s Texas sniper Charles Whitman.] The Mayor concludes to the Chief of Police (John Larch): "The City of San Francisco does not pay criminals not to commit crimes.He was retaliating for the way he was treated as a child (earlier, he had said: "I was my parents"" number one son, but they treated me like number two").