GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker says former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will not be retried for the shooting death in April 2022 of Patrick Lyoya.
Becker says he did not make the decision lightly and says he does not believe his office would be successful at getting a guilty verdict.
The jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared by the judge.
One juror says the jury foreperson and one other juror wanted to find Schurr guilty, while the other ten wanted to acquit him.
Lyoya ‘s family is “very hurt” and still trying to understand the American justice system after Becker announced Schurr won’t be retried.
Kent County Commissioner Robert Womack says the family doesn’t “see any excuse for this verdict or for the person who shot their son in the back of the head to be free.”
However, Womack agreed with Becker that convicting Schurr would be difficult.
Greater Grand Rapids NAACP president Cle Jackson and Urban League of West Michigan president Eric Brown have asked Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to take up the case.
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