In April 2022, less than a month after Eric Winstrom took over as chief of the Grand Rapids Police Department, the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya by a police officer “changed everything.” ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Peter Lyoya took his six children from Congo in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears he brought them to the U.S. to die.

It has been one year since Patrick Lyoya was shot and killed during a traffic stop by former GRPD Officer Christopher Schurr. The incident rocked the city of Grand Rapids to its core.

Schurr fired: Michigan city fires officer who was charged with second-degree murder in Patrick Lyoya's death "This is not something the family is celebrating," said Ven Johnson, one of the ...

Patrick Lyoya’s killing is a reminder that too many drivers end up behind bars or dead because of the terrible decision to keep using state agents, armed to the teeth, to do things unarmed ...

Peter Lyoya brought his family from Congo to the U.S. in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears they came here to die. A Michigan police officer fatally shot his eldest son, 26-year-old Patrick, in ...

Lyoya, who was 26 at the time of his shooting, was a Congolese refugee. His death sparked protests in Grand Rapids, Detroit and elsewhere over the police department’s conduct with the city’s ...

Patrick Lyoya was fatally shot during a traffic stop on April 4, 2022. The family said they’ve been living in pain and in fear ever since.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Footage shown in court of Patrick Lyoya’s fatal encounter with a now-former Grand Rapids police officer has been emotionally difficult on relatives present, an attorney for ...

Peter Lyoya took his six children from Congo in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears he brought them to the U.S. to die. A Michigan police officer fatally shot his eldest son, 26-year-old Patrick, in ...

A police officer shot Patrick Lyoya, killing him instantly. It happened during a physical encounter following a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 4. Lyoya’s family commissioned an ...

Peter Lyoya took his six children from Congo in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears he brought them to the U.S. to die. A Michigan police officer fatally shot his eldest son, 26-year-old Patrick,… ...