On April 4, 2022, Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer Christopher Schurr shot and killed 26-year-old Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya, who had fled a visitors cease and struggled with the officer over his taser, which, many don’t imagine justified Schurr putting his gun to the again of Lyoya’s head and pulling the set off. Schurr was fired from the Grand Rapids Police Division and charged with second-degree homicide that June, and now — three years and a number of other unsuccessful appeals later — jury choice for his trial is ready to start.
In accordance with WOODTV 8, potential jurors might be questioned starting on Monday, and jury choice will get underway Tuesday.
At round 8:10 a.m. on April 4, 2022, Schurr, 34, who has pleaded not responsible to second-degree homicide, pulled Lyoya over as a result of his automotive didn’t match the license plate. Video footage of the cease taken from police physique digital camera, dashboard digital camera, a doorbell digital camera and the cellular phone of the passenger using in Lyoya’s automotive was launched to the general public by the GRPD on April 13 of that yr.
Right here’s what we beforehand reported on what the video footage reveals:
Taken collectively, the video footage reveals Lyoya being pulled over on a wet morning on a residential avenue lined with properties. Lyoya instantly received out of his automotive to confront the officer, who promptly informed him to get again inside, one thing Lyoya didn’t do. As an alternative, he was proven participating with the officer, who requested, “are you able to converse English?” in response to Lyoya’s Congolese accent.
The officer is proven initiating contact with Lyoya, who reacts by working away at a gradual tempo across the again of his automotive and onto the garden of a house, the place the officer managed to deal with him.
When the officer tries to drag out his Taser, Lyoya pushes it away whereas it was being deployed. The officer then yells at Lyoya quite a few occasions to let the Taser go.
That’s why Lyoya tries to run away once more, however the officer took him to the bottom face-down, reached to his hip, grabbed his gun, and shot Lyoya at the back of his head with a single shot at point-blank vary, executioner fashion.
You will need to observe that Lyoya was at no level on the video seen initiating violence towards the officer.
Schurr’s trial date was lastly locked in on Dec. 12, 2024, after his remaining attraction to have his case reviewed was rejected by Michigan’s supreme courtroom on Dec. 2. Supplied that jury choice stays on schedule, his trial will start on April 28.
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