On April 4, 2022, Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, was fatally shot by Officer Christopher Schurr of the Grand Rapids Police Department during a scuffle between the two.

May 22, 2025 · Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker made his decision to not retry the murder charge against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya.

Jan 25, 2024 · GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled there is enough evidence to send a former Grand Rapids police officer to trial for murder, agreeing that it is for a jury to...

Apr 28, 2025 · Schurr, now 34, was fired by the police department shortly after he was charged with one count of second-degree murder in June 2022. He had worked for the department for seven years. Schurr has...

May 8, 2025 · After five days of testimony and arguments along with nearly three days of deliberations between jurors, there is no verdict in Schurr's murder trial. Jurors returned to the courtroom...

Former Grand Rapids City Police officer Christopher Schurr and wife Brandey arrive outside the Kent County Courthouse on the first day of testimony in his 2nd degree murder trial in Grand Rapids, Mich., Monday, April 28, 2025.

May 22, 2025 · A former Grand Rapids, Mich., police officer, Christopher Schurr, will not face a new murder trial in the 2022 killing of Patrick Lyoya after a jury failed to reach a verdict this month. By ...

May 6, 2025 · 9:00 a.m. Protestors of Patrick Lyoya's death clash with supporters of Christopher Schurr as both camps await a verdict in the trial. Protesters of Patrick Lyoya’s death and supporters of ...

May 8, 2025 · Christopher Schurr, 34, was charged with one count of second-degree murder stemming from the April 2022 shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant. Schurr shot Lyoya in the...

Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker talks with the media after a hung jury was declared in the trial of former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand ...