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Jurors have begun deliberating over whether former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr was justified when he shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, in April 2022.
After Schurr shot and killed Patrick Lyoya in April 2022, Attorney General Dana Nessel told News 8 that she would take up the murder case against Christopher Schurr if she was asked to.
Though the criminal case against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr ended in a mistrial in May, the civil trial against him is expected to start in October of 2026, according to ...
Protesters marched, calling for a second trial of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. Earlier, a mistrial was declared after a jury was deadlocked over a second-degree murder ...
Michigan officer on trial tells jurors he feared for his life before killing African immigrant Former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr enters the Kent County Courthouse in Grand ...
Michigan State Police bicycle unit joins Grand Rapids Police outside the Kent County Courthouse where the first day of trial began for former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr, who is ...
Christopher Schurr has claimed self-defense in the killing of Patrick Lyoya following a brief foot chase and fierce physical struggle in a Grand Rapids residential neighborhood in 2022.
Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker says he will not retry former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr in the death of Patrick Lyoya.
This image made from video provided by WOOD-TV shows Christopher Schurr in court at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., on the first day of his trial, Monday, April 28, 2025. (WOOD ...
Michigan State Police bicycle unit joins Grand Rapids Police outside the Kent County Courthouse where the first day of trial began for former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr, who is ...
Former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr enters the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 2. - Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette/AP ...