2/19/13 - Michigan State Police are releasing some additional details about Mondayâs fatal shooting involving a trooper assigned to the Brighton Post and a Green Oak Township officer. The fatally wounded suspect has been identified as 31-year-old Kevin William Hassell, who was residing at the home on Twilight Drive where the shooting occurred. State records show Hassell has multiple convictions for a variety of charges including forgery, uttering and publishing and larceny in a building. The Offender Tracking Information System, or OTIS, indicates he was released from the Michigan Department of Corrections in November of 2011. Michigan State Police say the incident began around 4:30 Monday afternoon when they received a report of a man trying to break into a neighborâs home on Bishop Road in Green Oak Township. A Green Oak officer and a state trooper spotted a vehicle matching the suspect description and chased it to his motherâs home on Twilight Drive, south of Maltby Road, where the suspect is alleged to have fired on officers as he exited his vehicle and ran inside. Officers followed with additional shots fired inside the residence. The suspect was hit in the exchange and later died at a hospital. The trooper is described as a 12-year veteran of Michigan State Police while the Green Oak officer is said to have eight years of law enforcement experience. The circumstances surrounding the breaking and entering of a residence on Bishop Road that led to a police chase and eventually the fatal shooting of Hassell remain under investigation by Michigan State Police and the Livingston County Major Crimes Task Force. (JM)
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