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Detroit Evening Report, June 9, 2022: Prosecutor announces charges in fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya » WDET 101.9 FM
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A Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya with a shot to the again of the 26-year-old Black man’s head has been charged with second-degree homicide. Prosecutor Chris Becker introduced the costs Thursday in opposition to Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr, weeks after Lyoya was killed following a chaotic site visitors cease on April 4. Lyoya was on the bottom when he was killed. A bystander recorded the capturing on cellphone video. Schurr, who’s white, informed Lyoya that he stopped his automotive as a result of the license plate didn’t match the car. Roughly a minute into the cease, Lyoya started to run after he was requested to provide a driver’s license.
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