Fallen Heroes
Rushing to another police officer’s call for assistance, Officer Michael Niehoff was killed when the squad car he was riding in collided with another squad car at the intersection of N. Sherman Boulevard and W. Burleigh Street around 4 AM on November 30, 1994. Two other officers were injured in the crash.
Officer Niehoff was 27 years old with three years of service with the Milwaukee Police Department at the time of his death.