Christopher Schurr, a former Grand Rapids police officer, will not be retried in Patrick Lyoya's April 4, 2022, killing. A deadlocked jury resulted in a mistrial.

In civil cases, the plaintiff only needs to prove their version of events is more likely than the defendant's, a term referred to as the preponderance of evidence.

Schurr, a former Grand Rapids Police officer, killed Patrick Lyoya, a 27-year-old Congolese immigrant, during a traffic stop in April 2022. The two struggled over Schurr's taser for roughly 2.5 minutes. The ordeal ended when Schurr shot Lyoya in the back of the head. He was charged with second-degree murder.

The judge declared a mistrial and ended the proceedings, a partial victory for Christopher Schurr, who still could face another trial. Lyoya's death had sparked weeks of protest in Grand Rapids, especially after the city's police chief released video of ...

As a retired Detroit Police Department investigator with over four decades of experience investigating violent crime, and as someone who once stood trial for second-degree murder after acting to ...

A member of the jury that couldn’t reach a verdict in the Christopher Schurr murder trial said race never came up in the deliberations, that Schurr helped himself by taking the stand and that