Shooting Suspect, Ex-Wife Arraigned on Robbery Charges

The man accused of fatally shooting a Livonia police officer was charged Tuesday, along with his ex-wife, in 40th District Court in a Shores break-in and gun theft.

Terry Bowling and his brother, David, are alleged to have broken into a home on the 22000 block of Doremus between Jan. 16 and Jan. 17, hours before they were involved in the shooting in Walled Lake that took the life of Livonia Police Officer Larry Nehasil.

As the brothers were allegedly ransacking the house, Terry Bowling's ex-wife, Lisa Dunn, was allegedly circling the street waiting for them.

"It was just random," said St. Clair Shores Detective Margaret Eidt of how the house was chosen. "I think that it was just a basic knowledge of the city and they drove past and saw a dark house."

During the robbery, police said, the brothers stole silver-plated silverware, costume jewelry and a .38 snub-nosed revolver. They went to a pawn dealer and attempted to sell the silverware and jewelry, according to police.

Dunn was given the gun and sold it for $40 and two rocks of crack cocaine, police said.

As the brothers went into Oakland County on Jan. 17, undercover officers followed them to Walled Lake and confronted them. During the ensuing firefight, Nehasil and David Bowling were killed.

Terry Bowling, 48, is charged in Oakland County with resisting and obstructing police, murder and home invasion. In the robbery in St. Clair Shores, he is charged with first-degree home invasion, a 20-year felony, and receiving and concealing a stolen firearm, a 10-year felony.

Dunn, 37, who is facing federal firearm charges, was charged with second-degree home invasion, a 15-year felony, and receiving and concealing a stolen firearm, a 10-year felony.

Both are being held on $250,000 bond for the St. Clair Shores cases. Both requested court-appointed attorneys.

During her arraignment, a tearful Dunn was told she was to have no contact with her ex-husband.

With her daughter in the front row of court, she asked Judge Joseph Oster to reconsider the no-contact order.

"He was my husband of 17 years and is the father of my kids," Dunn said. "Please, our family has gone through enough turmoil."

Oster did allow contact if both of their attorneys were present.

Both Dunn and Bowling will be back in court for a preliminary exam on Feb. 22.