INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WSYM) - Funeral arrangements have been finalized following the death of an Oakland County Sheriff deputy.
Visitation for Deputy Eric Overall is scheduled from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, November 27 at Mt. Zion Church located at 4900 Maybee Road in Independence Township.
Visitation is open to the public.
Overall’s funeral service will also take place at Mt. Zion Church on Tuesday, November 28 beginning at 11 a.m.
Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Following the service, a private procession will take place for family and members of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities have said that 50-year-old Eric Overall was outside his squad car in Brandon Township shortly after midnight on Thursday when he was struck by the fleeing man's vehicle.
Overall was preparing to deploy "stop sticks" which are designed to deflate tires. His death has been ruled a homicide.
The suspect's vehicle rolled over and the driver was arrested. Brandon Township is northwest of Detroit. The chase started in Lapeer County.
More than 100 people attended a candlelight vigil Thursday honoring Overall who was a 22-year sheriff's office veteran.
An arraignment is scheduled for a 22-year-old Macomb Township man following a police chase and crash that killed an Oakland County sheriff's deputy.
The sheriff's office says the arraignment is expected via video Sunday in district court in Rochester Hills.
Overall was recently married with one adult son.
