The prosecution has rested its case and defense attorneys have begun calling their witnesses in the murder trial of Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer charged with Patrick Lyoya’s killing.

Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese refugee, was shot and killed by a Grand Rapids Police Officer during a traffic stop in April 2022. The former officer, Christopher Schurr, is charged with second-degree Murder in Lyoya’s death.

Three years after Patrick Lyoya was fatally shot by a Grand Rapids police officer, a trial began April 28 for former officer Christopher Schurr. Schurr faces one charge of second-degree murder, to which he's pleaded not guilty.