Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker announced May 22 he will not retry ex-Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Former police officer Christopher Schurr will not be retried for second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Patrick Lyoya. Kent County Prosecutor Chris ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – It’s unclear if former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will face another murder trial for killing Patrick Lyoya after a jury failed to reach a verdict.

“I believed that if I hadn’t done it at that time, I wasn’t going to go home,” said Christopher Schurr, who fired the single fatal shot as he pinned Patrick Lyoya facedown on the ground in ...

Patrick Lyoya, a Congolese immigrant who sought refuge with his family in the US to flee violence in his home country, was fatally shot by then-Officer Christopher Schurr, who is White.

Christopher Schurr had been charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids in April 2022. Jurors also considered a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Christopher Schurr, 34, who was a Grand Rapids officer, said he feared for his life and shot Lyoya because the man had control of his Taser. Schurr was charged with second-degree murder in Lyoya's ...

Christopher Schurr is on trial for second-degree murder in the killing of Patrick Lyoya in 2022 The ex-Grand Rapids officer shot Lyoya in the back of the head during an altercation that stemmed ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker says he will not retry Christopher Schurr in the death of Patrick Lyoya, dropping the second-degree murder charge against the former ...

Ex-Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr testified in his own defense May 2, telling jurors he shot Patrick Lyoya out of fear for his own safety. Schurr faces one charge of second-degree ...

Christopher Schurr pulled Lyoya over, who was driving with a friend in the passenger seat. Lyoya was a 26-year-old refugee from the Congo. Lyoya got out of his vehicle and disregarded the officer ...