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The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled there is enough evidence to send the Grand Rapids police officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya to trial for murder.
The former police officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man from Michigan, can stand trial for murder, an appeals court ruled Thursday.
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A former police officer in western Michigan should go to trial for a murder charge in the 2022 killing of a Black motorist, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The court said in it's 2-1 opinion that it agrees there was “at least sufficient evidence presented” at Christopher Schurr's preliminary examination “to establish probable cause” that his actions as a Grand Rapids police officer “did not satisfy the standards for use of deadly force in self-defense.” The appeals court began hearing the case in September.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence for former GRPD Officer Christopher Schurr to stand trial for the murder of Patrick Lyoya.