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

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 trial date has been set in the civil wrongful death lawsuit against former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr ...

Peter Lyoya was joined by Dorcas Lyoya, Patrick Lyoya's mother; Israel Siku, the interpreter; and Robert Womack, a Kent County commissioner in Grand Rapids. They were accompanied by attorneys Ven ...

The long-awaited jury trial of former Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer Christopher Schurr, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Patrick Lyoya, an unarmed Congolese ...

Patrick Lyoya, left, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant and father of two young daughters, was shot and killed during a struggle with then-Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, who is ...

Updated: Apr 4, 2024 / 11:25 PM EDT GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two years after a then-Grand Rapids police officer shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, there is no scheduled date for a murder trial.

Schurr was a Grand Rapids officer when he shot Patrick Lyoya, 26, in the back of the head at the end of a brief foot chase and intense physical struggle. He was subsequently fired and has been ...

Since Lyoya’s death, Grand Rapids police have not fatally shot any community members, although state police determined Patrick Jones, a Black homicide suspect, fatally shot himself in December ...

Patrick Lyoya’s family filed the civil lawsuit against former Grand Rapids police Officer Christopher Schurr and the city of Grand Rapids on Wednesday in a US district court in Michigan.

Lyoya, a Black man, was fatally shot in the back of the head by Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr, 31, following a struggle as Lyoya, 26 at the time of his death, attempted to flee a ...