DETROIT – The family of Officer Fadi Shukur is asking the public to join them Friday and this weekend as they hold a visitation and funeral for the fallen Detroit police officer.
Shukur, 30, served with the Detroit Police Department for just 6 months before being struck by a vehicle on Aug. 4. He died in the hospital two weeks later.
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The crash happened about 2:40 a.m. Aug. 4. Shukur was struck while he and his partner were assisting with a crowd control issue in the 18800 block of West McNichols Road near Stahelin Street in Detroit. Jonathan David Cole, 19, is accused of striking Shukur with his vehicle at a high rate of speed while Shukur was walking to his scout car. Cole left the scene, but later turned himself in at a Detroit police precinct.
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Shukur is survived by his wife Nadeen Maroof Shukur. The couple was married on June 29.
"Fadi Shukur's dream was to always help people when they were in need," reads a statement from his family.
Shukur was a veteran who served in the United States Navy for six years on the USS Carl Vinson. He was born in Iraq and became a United States citizen in 2010.
Visitation and funeral details
Visitation
Southfield Funeral Home -- 18338 West 12 Mile Road in Southfield
- Friday Aug. 17, 2018 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Saturday Aug. 18, 2018 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Church Services
- A Requiem Mass will take place Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, at 10 a.m. at St. George Chaldean Catholic Church -- 45700 Dequindre Rd, Shelby Township, MI 48317
- A committal service will follow the Requiem Mass at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery -- 621 W Long Lake Rd, Troy, MI 48098