A Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, with a shot to the back of his head has been charged with second-degree murder.
The Associated PressA still image from police body camera video shows Patrick Lyoya on April 4, minutes before he was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Mich.Prosecutor Chris Becker announced the charge on Thursday against Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr, weeks after Lyoya was killed following a chaotic traffic stop on April 4.
"The death was not justified or excused ... by self defence," Becker said, referring to an element of second-degree murder. Schurr caught him quickly, and the two struggled across a front lawn. The officer demanded that Lyoya "let go" of Schurr's Taser before he fired the fatal shot. Grand Rapids police Chief Eric Winstrom released video from four different sources on April 13. Lawyers for Lyoya's family have called the death an "execution."Schurr has been a police officer since 2015. His personnel file shows no complaints of excessive force but much praise for traffic stops and foot chases that led to arrests and the seizure of guns and drugs.
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