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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 ...
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.
A federal judge has set an October 19, 2026 civil trial date for former Grand Rapids officer Christopher Schurr in the fatal ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Patrick Lyoya was killed in April 2022 during a traffic stop. Officials say Lyoya disregarded Schurr's commands during the traffic stop, which led to a physical struggle between the two.
A trial date has been set in the civil wrongful death lawsuit against former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Patrick Lyoya was killed in April 2022 during a traffic stop. Officials say Lyoya disregarded Schurr's commands during the traffic stop, which led to a physical struggle between the two.