Larry James Nehasil, a 48-year-old Livonia police officer and 20-year department veteran who had previously served with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, was killed on January 17, 2011. He was a husband and a father of two. That evening officers conducting surveillance in Walled Lake were watching two brothers suspected in recent burglaries and home invasions when they observed a break-in. As officers moved to arrest the suspects, one suspect fled on foot and Officer Nehasil pursued him.

The pursuit ended in a firefight in which the fleeing suspect shot Officer Nehasil multiple times; Officer Nehasil returned fire and killed that suspect. The second brother was apprehended at the scene and later charged; he pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and received a sentence of 100 to 150 years. Officer Nehasil was the first member of the Livonia Police Department feloniously killed in the line of duty.

Can anyone with information about the events that night or the suspects come forward?