Fond du Lac P.O. shot, is in critical condition

[10-94/10-96]

http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20110320/FON0101/110320003/BREAKING-NEWS-UPDATE-Fond-du-Lac-police-officer-shot-city-s-west-side?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Not sure if that link is gonna work...

Officer in critical condition, another officer injured falling down some steps during the incident.

Shooter is apparently a vet who did at least one tour in Iraq...hope the officer recovers. Its a crappy situation all around if this vet had some mental issues and wasn't just a run of the mill ****bag

[FormerTeacher]

Prayers sent to this officer and his family!!! Suspect is dead......

[M1garand]

Best wishes and hoping for fast recoveries for officers.

I hope the government pays more attention and take care of our vets returning home from the field.

[10-94/10-96]

FdL PD just held a news conference; this officer has died

There was actually another officer shot (apparently the earlier reporting about an officer falling down stairs was incorrect or incomplete) and that officer is in critical condition as well.

Godspeed, brothers R.I.P.

[FormerTeacher]

God Speed and rest in Peace Officer Craig Birkholz....................... Please Keep praying for the wounded officer. I know I will be attending the funeral, will try to post more info as it comes out!

[FormerTeacher]

K-9 officer Ryan Williams and his dog were also shot. Zach Schultz, was injured on a stairwell.

[FormerTeacher]

P.O.S-James Cruckson, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Capt. Lemke said Cruckson had many prior contacts with Fond du Lac police, but he would not go into specifics.

[Justsaying]

http://www.odmp.org/officer/20788-po...craig-birkholz and such a young man too. Prayers for all.

[Rudy8116]

47 so far. This is ridiculous. Anyone have any predictions on when we will surpass last year's total?

[Resq14]

Anyone have any predictions on when we will surpass last year's total?

Seriously?

[Rudy8116]

Yeah, I think at this rate it is bound to happen. We can't go a week without losing one.

[Trauma1]

My condolences to Officer Birkholtz's family and agency. Prayers for the Officers injured, may they recover quickly.

[phillydog07]

Terrible. My mom is from Fond du Lac and I have many relatives who live there, so I've naturally spent a lot of time there. Hard to believe.....prayers for all involved.

[Rudy8116]

i would imagine the city is rocked pretty hard. FDL is a nice community isn't it?

[phillydog07]

i would imagine the city is rocked pretty hard. FDL is a nice community isn't it?

Very much a nice community. Mostly blue collar. It's of decent size (42,000) with several smaller communities surrounding it....good mix of a city and small town feel.