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It’s been a little more than three years since Eric Winstrom took over as the police chief in Grand Rapids. On Tuesday, he ...
The chief highlighted several policies, procedures and training that he has implemented since becoming the city's top cop.
Patrick Lyoya’s father says his family will never be the same and their pain and suffering has continued in the year since Lyoya was killed by a Grand Rapids police officer.
Patrick Lyoya lived in Grand Rapids, the major city in nearby Kent County, his family having arrived in the U.S. about six years ago—assured, his father Peter said through a translator, that ...
Patrick Lyoya is seen on video footage from former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr body worn camera played in court during Schurr s murder trial at the Kent County Courthouse in ...
The parents of Patrick Lyoya say they are in pain, but they will not give up on justice for their son after a jury deadlocked in the case of the former Grand Rapids officer accused of murder in ...
The family of Patrick Lyoya, who was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer in April, has filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against the officer and the city.
Patrick Lyoya’s mother (center left) is comforted as she weeps following his funeral on April 22, 2022. Patrick Lyoya’s casket is placed in a hearse following his funeral on April 22, 2022.
The White former police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, this year in Michigan will stand trial for the killing, according to a judge’s memo posted online and announced in ...
Schurr, a 31-year-old who has since been fired from GRPD, shot Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese refugee, during a traffic stop nearly seven months ago on Grand Rapids’ Southeast Side.
Patrick Lyoya’s family filed the civil lawsuit against former Grand Rapids police Officer Christopher Schurr and the city of Grand Rapids on Wednesday in a US district court in Michigan.
Patrick Lyoya's mom, Dorcas, said she thought the U.S. would be safe. "He is my firstborn," she said. "I am really deeply hurt and wounded. I don’t know what to do, I cannot stop myself from crying.