Milwaukee officer ‘loved by everyone’ dies in shootout
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee officer who “was loved by everyone” died during an exchange of gunfire in a house where police were searching for a man suspected of drug dealing and domestic violence, the city’s police chief said Thursday.
The lone suspect, who was not injured in the shooting Wednesday, was arrested after he ran out of bullets and surrendered, Chief Alfonso Morales said at a news conference.
Morales said the officer was Michael Michalski, 52, a 17-year veteran of the department who leaves behind a wife and three sons.
“He is the person who you would want to cut out and cookie-cut and say, ‘This is what we want the Milwaukee Police Department to represent,’” said Morales, as three dozen solemn-faced officers in uniform and plain clothes stood behind him.