A silent vigil ceremony will be held Tuesday for Fond du Lac police officer Craig Birkholz who was shot and killed in the line of duty. The ceremony will be held at the Police and Fire Memorial at Hamilton Park starting at 6:15am. Birkoholz was killed while responding a domestic incident at a Lincoln Avenue residence March 20, 2011. When Officer Birkholz arrived, he and a second officer approached the home. A suspect opened fire from the second floor of the home, striking Officer Birkholz, the other officer, and a K9. The suspect committed suicide during a standoff that followed the shooting. Officer Birkholz had served with the Fond du Lac Police Department for two years. He was 28 years old.
