Grand Rapids

A Michigan appeals court heard arguments Wednesday on whether a former police officer should go to trial for a murder charge in the killing of a Black motorist in 2022.

The city of Grand Rapids has been dismissed from a lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a Black motorist.

After a judge refused to toss out a second-degree murder charge on Friday, attorneys for former Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr say they plan to appeal. It's a decision that could set the criminal trial back months.

Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who was shot and killed by a white police officer during a traffic stop in Michigan's second-largest city, Grand Rapids, say the officer had no reason to pull him over.

Spectrum Health Helen Devos Children’s Hospital and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital are project partners.

The city of Grand Rapids is enacting a gun buyback program in an effort to reduce the number of firearms on the streets.

Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said the officer has turned himself in.

Church leaders from across the Grand Rapids area have formed a multicultural alliance seeking justice for Patrick Lyoya. The 26-year old Congolese refugee was fatally shot by a Grand Rapids police officer during an April traffic stop.

Police in Grand Rapids have identified Christopher Schurr as the officer who killed Patrick Lyoya in early April.

Demonstrators marched to the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Thursday protesting the killing of Patrick Lyoya by a Grand Rapids police officer.