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Video from a passenger in the vehicle captured the final chilling moments.

Prosecutor Chris Becker announced charges Thursday against Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr, weeks after Patrick Lyoya was killed.

Michigan officer charged with murder in Lyoya shooting | 2022-06-10 07:08:56

A prosecutor filed a second-degree murder charge Thursday against the Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was on the ground when he was shot in the back of the head after a physical struggle recorded on a bystander's phone.

It's been more than two months since officer Christopher Schurr killed Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids.

The 26-year-old Lyoya was on the ground when he was killed. The shooting was recorded on video by a bystander.

"My heart was really broken the last two months," Peter Lyoya, Patrick's father, said through a translator. "Because a lot ot things were said, I was not quite sure with the truth in my hand. And I was thinking maybe there is no justice in America."

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

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While a fuller account of what happened with Patrick Lyoya and Christopher Schurr won’t be known until a Michigan state police inquiry is completed, the narrative and available details fit a pattern.