More than three years after the fatal police shooting of a Black man in western Michigan, former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr sat in court April 28 as his long-delayed trial began.
The family of Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old refugee from the Congo, is seeking justice as a trial approaches for former Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr, who is charged with second-degree murder for Lyoya’s death on April 4, 2022.
Behind closed doors Thursday, U.S. Supreme Court justices are scheduled to discuss the case of a former Grand Rapids police officer who shot a Black Congolese immigrant in the city more than three years ago.
