Schurr will not be retried for murder in the 2022 killing of Patrick Lyoya, but a civil trial now awaits the former Grand ...

Lyoya's family argues that he was not armed, and that Schurr admitted that Patrick never hit or threatened him.

A trial date has been set for the civil lawsuit filed by the family of Patrick Lyoya against the former Grand Rapids Police ...

A federal judge has set an October 19, 2026 civil trial date for former Grand Rapids officer Christopher Schurr in the fatal ...

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.

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

A prosecutor decided not to retry ex-Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr. A mistrial was declared earlier this month in Schurr's second-degree murder charge trial. Schurr shot Lyoya ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.