(Grand Rapids, MI) – One person was taken into police custody yesterday afternoon outside the downtown Grand Rapids courthouse when people supporting former officer Christopher Schurr and those supporting Patrick Lyoya’s family got physical with each other. This man was there for Lyoya’s family and was pleased the jury is taking a while to reach a verdict.
Police used what they call “inert powder” to warn people to move back and say it is not pepper spray or tear gas and doesn’t cause pain. Schurr is on trial for second-degree murder for shooting and killing Lyoya in an April 2022 traffic stop as the two were fighting over the officer’s Taser.
This woman was demonstrating in support of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr and is also happy the jurors are struggling to reach a verdict.
The jury is being told to keep deliberating. They told the judge around 3 p.m. they were deadlocked and cannot reach a verdict, and she told them to keep trying before sending them home for the day at 4:45 p.m. The jury will resume deliberations this morning. They can find Schurr guilty of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, or acquit him.
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