The Buhl Building is a 29-story office skyscraper in the Financial District of downtown Detroit, Michigan.

On June 11, 1982, a man upset over a delayed insurance payment entered a law firm on the 8th floor and opened fire with a shotgun, killing a law clerk, and starting a fire using a Molotov cocktail.

People in the building smashed windows for fresh air and to enable rescue, but were forced to wait as Detroit Fire Department ladders were unable to reach above the 6th floor.

An off-duty Detroit Police sergeant responded to the scene and took the man into custody; he was ultimately sentenced to life in prison.

[4] William Edward Kapp, architect for the firm of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, has been credited with interior design work on the Buhl Building.