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Trial of Michigan police officer charged in fatal shooting of Congolese immigrant ends in hung jury
- On May 8, 2025, the judge called a mistrial after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict in the trial of former Grand Rapids officer Christopher Schurr, who faced charges of second-degree murder.
- The trial centered on the 2022 shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man originally from Congo and aged 26, by officer Christopher Schurr during a traffic stop for improper license plates.
- The jury deliberated for about 20 hours over several days but remained deadlocked despite instructions urging fair discussion and possible conviction of lesser charges.
- Schurr testified he feared for his life, saying, “I believed that if I hadn't done it at that time, I wasn't going to go home,” while prosecution argued he acted unreasonably despite multiple Taser deployments.
- The mistrial ends current proceedings, leaving the Kent County prosecutor to decide whether to retry Schurr, amid ongoing local calls for racial justice and police reform.
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Trial of former Grand Rapids, Michigan cop who killed Patrick Lyoya ends in hung jury
The trial of former officer Christopher Schurr, who was charged with murder in the 2022 execution-style shooting of Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ended with a hung jury on Thursday.
Patrick Lyoya: Protests Erupt After Judge Declares Mistrial In Murder
Source: The Washington Post Since April 12, 2022, BOSSIP has been following the case against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, who was charged with the second-degree murder of Patrick Lyoya. Schurr initiated a traffic stop because Lyoya’s car had a license plate that allegedly did not correspond to the vehicle. When Lyoya attempted to flee from Schurr, he was tackled and shot in the back of the head while lying face down on …
Mistrial in Case of Police Officer Killing of Patrick Lyoya
Photo: Ryan Garza ~ USA TODAY NETWORK GRAND RAPIDS, May 8, 2025 ~ A mistrial was declared Thursday morning in the murder trial of a Grand Rapids police officer who killed a Congolese refugee. Christopher Schurr, 34, faced one count of second-degree murder over the killing of Patrick Lyoya, 26, in 2022 during a traffic stop, when Schurr shot him in the back of the head after Lyoya tried to flee the scene and the officer slammed him face-down on …
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