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Former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr sits in court during the second day of his trial at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Schurr is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant during a traffic stop on April 4, 2022. (WOOD-TV via AP, Pool)

Prosecutor says Michigan police officer who killed Black motorist won’t face a second trial

By Ed White - Associated Press

Former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr appears at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Joel Bissell/MLive.com/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

No verdict, mistrial declared, in trial of Michigan police officer who killed Congolese immigrant

By Isabella Volmert and Ed White - Associated Press

Former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr sits in court during the second day of his trial at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Schurr is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant during a traffic stop on April 4, 2022. (WOOD-TV via AP, Pool)

Jury begins deliberations in murder trial of former Michigan police officer

By Isabella Volmert - Associated Press

Former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr enters the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Friday, May 2, 2025. (Joel Bissell /Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

Michigan officer on trial tells jurors he feared for his life before killing African immigrant

By Isabella Volmert and Ed White - Associated Press

FILE - Former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, center, listens as Judge Nicholas Ayoub binds the case for trial at the Kent County Courthouse, Oct. 31, 2022, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Lawyers for the former Michigan police officer are asking the state appeals court to throw out a murder charge in the killing of a Black motorist in 2022. The court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in the case against Schurr, who shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head after a morning traffic stop in Grand Rapids turned into a short foot chase and vigorous struggle. (Cory Morse/MLive.com/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, Pool, File)

Michigan court hears arguments over murder charge against ex-police officer who shot Black motorist

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Ex-Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr appears for the second day of his preliminary examination at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Schurr is charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Black motorist Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head on April 4. (Joel Bissell/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Judge to rule if ex-cop will stand trial in fatal shooting

By Corey Williams - Associated Press

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump takes part in a press conference at the Renaissance Church of God in Christ Family Life Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Crump is representing the family of Patrick Lyoya, who was shot and killed by a Grand Rapids Police Department officer on April 4. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Sharpton demands name of Michigan officer who killed Lyoya

By David Eggert and Mike Householder - Associated Press