(2 May 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Grand Rapids, Michigan — 2 May 2025
1. Tight of Christopher Schurr as jury walks in
2. Prosecutor Chris Becker as jury walks in
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Schurr, former Grand Rapids police officer, answering question from Prosecutor Chris Becker:
BECKER: "At no time, at no point in time was Patrick ever on top of you?"
SCHURR: "No."
BECKER: "At no point in time, once again, he did not, he never said he was going to kill you, right?"
SCHURR: "No."
BECKER: "Never said he’s going to hit you?"
SCHURR: "No."
BECKER: "Never said he was going to kick your butt or do anything bad to you?"
SCHURR: "Not that I recall, no."
4. Part of body camera footage shown in court
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Schurr, former Grand Rapids police officer, answering question from Prosecutor Chris Becker:
BECKER: "So the only reason you did it was because he grabbed your Taser?"
SCHURR: "No … I shot him because I believed he was going to use it on me "
BECKER: "Because he had your Taser?
SCHURR: "Because I was afraid that he was going to use it on me."
BECKER: "But that’s the only thing he did with it, he had possession of it. He never pointed it at you?"
SCHURR: "He started to turn up towards me and I felt if I didn’t respond at that time, I wouldn’t be here."
BECKER: "Sure. He’s not here, is he?"
SCHURR: "No, he’s not."
6. Shot of people in gallery
7. Tight of Taser
++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT OF TASER++
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Schurr, former Grand Rapids police officer, answering question from Prosecutor Chris Becker:
SCHURR: "This is the way I saw it."
BECKER: "Okay, so you agree that in the video it looks like it’s hands on there like this, but you’re saying it’s like this?"
SCHURR: "Correct."
BECKER: "That’s how you perceive it."
SCHURR: "Well, yeah, there’s parts where you can’t see it."
BECKER: "But you’re not arguing that Patrick knew how to operate a Taser, are you? "
SCHURR: "I would say it’d be pretty simple to figure out."
BECKER: "So you think he’s actually trying to hold that open?"
SCHURR: "I think it’s just a normal position to have your hand on it. I’m not saying that, yeah."
9. More footage from body camera
STORYLINE:
A Michigan police officer who killed a man with a shot to the back of the head is testifying in his own defense at his second-degree murder trial.
Christopher Schurr says he was “running on fumes” and fearing for his life when 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya got control of his Taser.
He says he shot Lyoya in Grand Rapids because he thought he would be killed.
The issue for jurors is whether they believe Schurr had a reasonable belief that his life was in jeopardy after Lyoya got control of his Taser during a fight. Lyoya was facedown on the ground when Schurr shot him.
It’s not known why Lyoya was trying to flee. Records show his driver’s license was revoked at the time and there was an arrest warrant for him in a domestic violence case, though Schurr didn’t know it. An autopsy revealed his blood-alcohol level was three times above the legal limit for driving, according to testimony.
During cross-examination, prosecutor Chris Becker tried to highlight inconsistencies between Schurr’s testimony and his statements to investigators three years ago, particularly his physical condition at the time.
Becker also noted that the officer was on top of Lyoya before the fatal shot, suggesting that he had an advantage.
Schurr earlier testified that he had a Taser used on him during police training and knew it could cause "excruciating pain.”
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