DETROIT AREA COP LATEST VICTIM IN DEADLY WINTER

The winter of 2010-11 is turning into a deadly killing zone for America's law enforcement personnel.

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Just days after New Jersey police officer Christopher Matlosz was shot execution-style by a dim-witted robbery suspect, Officer Larry Nehasil of the Livonia Police intelligence unit was shot and killed while interrupting a heist at a local home. The 48-year-old 20-year vet had been tracking bandits wanted in a string of B & Es. A suspect was also shot and killed. Nehasil, who was married with two children, had a strong work ethic and an ever-present smile, Police Chief Robert Stevenson said. 
Elsewhere, peace officers have been killed in Ohio and Toronto. Nehasil was killed after being shot while interrupting a burglary at a home in Walled Lake — the first officer in Livonia's history to die while investigating the commission of a felony. More from The Detroit News

"The Livonia Police Department has suffered a terrible loss," said Police Chief Robert Stevenson. "He's going to be sorely missed by our department."