A Grand Rapids police officer who fatally shot a man in the back of the head during a struggle that followed a traffic stop on April 4 shared a connection
Patrick Lyoya’s path begins in central Africa, Christopher Schurr’s in Michigan. They cross on a rainy spring morning, in an encounter over a license plate. One ends with a bullet.
On Monday, Police Chief Eric Winstrom finally identified Christopher Schurr as the cop who shot Congolese refugee Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head during a traffic stop on April 4.