Patrick Lyoya family's attorney says release of Grand Rapids police officer's name is 'too little, too late.'
A funeral was held Friday for Michigan resident Patrick Lyoya, who was shot by a police officer in early April.was killed, the Grand Rapids police chief on Monday identified the officer who fatally shot Lyoya as Christopher Schurr.
Lyoya, a native of Congo, was shot in the head on April 4 after Schurr pulled him over for an unregistered license plate.shows Schurr struggling with Lyoya, eventually forcing him to the ground and shouting,"stop resisting,""let go" and"drop the Taser," before shooting Lyoya. While Grand Rapids attorney Ven Johnson and civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who are representing the Lyoya family, have been calling for the name of the officer to be released since the day Lyoya was killed, now that it's happened, Johnson said knowing the name does little to console the family."Our clients literally buried their son Friday. ...
Chief Eric Winstrom had refrained from releasing the name of the officer as the investigation was ongoing, arguing the city has a long-standing policy not to release the names of employees under investigation.
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