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Peter Lyoya holds up a picture of his son Patrick Lyoya, 26, in his home in Lansing, Mich., on April 14. Patrick was facedown on the ground when he was fatally shot in the head by a Grand Rapids ...
An autopsy commissioned by Patrick Lyoya’s family shows the 26-year-old was shot in the back of the head following an April 4 encounter with a Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer, attorneys ...
DETROIT – Patrick Lyoya was a "quiet kid" who didn't like to fight, according to his father. Peter Lyoya said his son, a 26-year-old Congolese refugee, "made a small mistake" this month.
Patrick Lyoya’s father says his family will never be the same and their pain and suffering has continued in the year since Lyoya was killed by a Grand Rapids police officer.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A forensic pathologist who ruled Patrick Lyoya’s death a homicide wrapped up the first day of testimony in former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr’s murder ...
Two police experts for the family of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man killed by a White Grand Rapids police officer last year, have said the officer's conduct violated his training and acceptable police ...
The family of Patrick Lyoya, who was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer in April, has filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against the officer and the city.
Christopher Schurr murder trial centers on weapon 01:04. There's no question about how Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, was killed. Lyoya was fatally shot in the back of the head ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The parents of Patrick Lyoya are feeling a bit of relief after a judge’s ruling Monday morning to bind over the now-former Grand Rapids police officer charged in their son ...
The family of Patrick Lyoya spoke in a press conference on Thursday, a week after the Kent County prosecutor announced he would not retry former GRPD officer Christopher Schurr.
Patrick Lyoya’s family is urging the prosecutor to refile charges after the jury came back deadlocked and a mistrial was declared. “We’ll keep fighting until we get justice,” Lyoya’s ...