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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The trial of a former Grand Rapids police officer accused of homicide after he shot and killed a driver following a visitors cease will get underway in the present day.
Christopher Schurr is accused of second-degree homicide within the demise of Patrick Lyoya.
Schurr stopped Lyoya, 26, on Grand Rapids’ southeast aspect on April 4, 2022. Video launched by police reveals Lyoya working away and Schurr chasing him. The 2 struggled over Schurr’s Taser. In the end, Schurr, who was on prime of Lyoya making an attempt to carry him down, shot him behind the pinnacle.
Schurr prosecution skilled mentioned in 2022 that video was not ‘proof optimistic’ of crime
That Schurr killed Lyoya is just not in query. What the jury seated final week is being requested to resolve is whether or not it was homicide.
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