Patrick Lyoya

Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr stops to talk with a resident in 2015 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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A Michigan police officer is charged with murder in Patrick Lyoya shooting

4:14pm June 09, 2022

by NPR Staff and Wires

Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said Schurr has turned himself in and will be arraigned tomorrow.

Supporters and family members of Patrick Lyoya, 26, participate in a rally in front of the Michigan state capital building to call on the Grand Rapids police department to name, arrest and prosecute the officer that shot Lyoya. Lyoya, an immigrant from th

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Advocates demand prosecutor charge white Michigan policeman in Black refugee's death

5:00am May 12, 2022

by Kylie Ambu

"I'm asking for justice," says Peter Lyoya, whose son Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot by Grand Rapids police officer, Christopher Schurr, 31, during a traffic stop last month.