Christopher Schurr’s second-degree murder charge stems from a morning traffic stop that ended with him shooting Lyoya in the back of the head.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A former police officer in western Michigan should go to trial for a murder charge in the 2022 killing of a Black motorist, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
The court said in it’s 2-1 opinion that it agrees there was “at least sufficient evidence presented” at
Defense attorney Matthew Borgula declined to comment Thursday, saying he still was reading through the opinion.
Schurr’s lawyers had insisted that the appeals court throw out the murder charge, saying the law allows the use of deadly force “to stop a felon from fleeing when the officer reasonably believed a felony had occurred.”
Prosecutors argued for a jury to decide on the charges.
Schurr was fired in June 2022 after being charged with murder.
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