On the morning of November 9th, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois, he and his partner Jack are chasing down Charles Lee Ray, the Lakeshore Strangler. Mike is able to shoot Ray in the leg, wounding him. Seeing Ray's accomplice Eddie drive away in their get-away van, Mike orders Jack to go after the van, while he goes after Charles. He eventually catches up to Charles into a toy store, and fatally shoots him. Before he dies, Mike hears him chanting and swearing that he would come back for him. The store is then struck by lightning, and Mike finds Charles dead.