Funeral arrangements set for officer killed in Walled Lake shootout

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Source: The Detroit News

Funeral arrangements have been made for Livonia Police Officer Larry Nehasil, who was killed in a shootout Monday night in Walled Lake. A public viewing will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday and noon-8 p.m. Thursday at Harry J. Will Funeral Home, 37000 Six Mile Road, in Livonia. A Mass is planned at 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 47650 N. Territorial, in Plymouth.

The 20-year-veteran is survived by his wife, Linda, two sons, Adam and Aaron; his mother, Monica; two sisters, Cheryl (John) Farquhar and Lori (Curtis) Caid and a brother, Craig (Donna). A memorial fund for his family has been set up and donations can be made at any Huntington area bank branch.

Meanwhile, court records show the two Detroit brothers accused in the deadly shootout that took Nehasil's life have extensive criminal records for armed robbery, assault and break-ins that date back 30 years. Nehasil, 48, was shot five times at close range Monday night when attempting to chase down and arrest David Matthew Bowling, 44, in the backyard of a Walled Lake home after a home invasion at Maple and Glenwood in Walled Lake. David Bowling, shot twice by Nehasil, was also dead at the scene.

Nehasil was part of a six-man undercover police surveillance crew — all Livonia officers — who were investigating a rash of home invasions in that city linked to the brothers, according to Livonia Mayor Jack Kirksey and Livonia police. The men were trailed by surveillance crews and followed into Walled Lake.

Read more: http://detnews.com/article/20110119/METRO02/101190373/1006/rss01

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1. RIP Officer Nehasil.