By SARAH REESE | The Times | Published: January 28, 2021 CROWN POINT, Ind. (Tribune News Service) A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officer was being held without bond Thursday after prosecutors filed an upgraded charge of murder against him in the Jan. 3 shooting death of a 42-year-old military veteran near Lowell. Attorneys for Timothy R. Thomas, 40, of Highland, filed a petition to let bond in the case. Thomas is accused of murdering Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native and a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who served as a corpsman attached to a U.S. Marines battalion on seven combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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On Saturday, Nicholas "Doc" Lile s street was lined with American flags and dozens of illuminated lanterns were released into the cold night sky at sundown on what would have been
LOWELL â The family of a 42-year-old military veteran shot to death by a guest in his home Jan. 3 described him Wednesday as an amazing father and devoted husband, son, brother and friend.Â
Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native, was a 22-year veteran, a U.S. Navy corpsman attached to a U.S. Marines battalion who served with pride and distinction on seven combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, his family said.
Lile was in his basement with his wife, her friend and the friend s recent boyfriend, off-duty U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officer Timothy R. Thomas, when Thomas shot him to death about 12:15 a.m. Jan. 3, according to Lake County sheriff s police and court records.