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Christopher Schurr, the white police officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old black man, during an April traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been fired, officials announced Wednesday.
The move comes less than a week after the officer was charged with second-degree murder Thursday in connection to the April 4 shooting. Grand Rapids’s city manager, Mark Washington, scheduled a required discharge hearing for Schurr after Chief Eric Winstrom of the Grand Rapids Police Department and the city’s Labor Relations Office recommended he fire Schurr on Friday, a statement Washington released Wednesday read.
“I have been informed by Mr. Schurr’s representatives that he is waiving his right to the hearing and, therefore, I have decided to terminate Mr. Schurr’s employment with the Grand Rapids Police Department effective June 10, 2022,” the statement read.
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Footage of the April incident released by the police department showed Schurr asking Lyoya if he had a license during a traffic stop. Lyoya appeared confused and began running away from Schurr. During the ensuing scuffle between the two, Schurr used his stun gun on Lyoya and can be heard screaming at Lyoya to “let go of the Taser” before pulling out his gun and shooting him.
On April 25, GRPD identified Schurr as the officer involved in the deadly traffic stop, three weeks after Lyoya’s death. An independent autopsy conducted by forensic pathologist Werner Spitz on Lyoya’s body found he had been shot in the back of the head.
Lyoya’s death sparked protests in Grand Rapids, as well as calls for Schurr to be fired and charged.
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Schurr pleaded not guilty last week, according to FOX 2.
