Patrick Lyoya shot in back of head by officer while on ground, autopsy shows
Lyoya, a 26-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was killed by police at the end of a traffic stop in Michigan
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Lyoya, a 26-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was killed by police at the end of a traffic stop in Michigan
Lawyers for the family of Patrick Lyoya say an autopsy confirms the Black man was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer.
The detail seemed apparent in videos released by GRPD last week, but the autopsy results confirm it. Lyoya's family has called the police shooting an "execution."
An independent autopsy confirms that Patrick Lyoya was shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer while facedown on the ground, lawyers for his family said Tuesday.
The Grand Rapids. Mich., man who died when he was shot by an officer, had been pulled over in a routine traffic stop April 4.