“The defense rests,” in show trial of Officer Christopher Schurr, monday morning

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, may 5, 2025 at 10:34:00 a.m. edt

“The defense rests,” in Christopher Schurr trial, monday morning

“grand rapids, mich. (wood) — the trial of a former grand rapids police officer who is accused of murder after he shot and killed a driver following a traffic stop continues into its sixth day monday.

“Christopher Schurr is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Patrick Lyoya.

“on friday, Schurr took the stand for more than three hours. throughout the week, the jury heard more than 30 hours of testimony from experts and witnesses, including an expert on police practices policies, tactics and use of force. court broke for the day friday while the prosecutor was cross-examining him, which will resume monday.

“Schurr on shooting Lyoya: ‘if I didn’t respond at that time, I wouldn’t be here’
monday’s blog with updates from the court after proceedings begin around 9 a.m.:

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“the defense rests - ‘evidence complete’

“the defense rests, and the prosecution calls one rebuttal witness, michigan state police detective Aaron Tubergen. he says in the case of an officer involved shooting by grand rapids police, msp will investigate – per an earlier agreement. Officer Christopher Schurr did follow-up interviews with msp, which Tubergen said were ‘purely voluntary.

“‘it looks like the evidence is complete,’ judge Christina Mims says after the witness is excused. jurors are excused so all the parties can discuss issues prior to closing statements.

“monday begins with a cross-exam of defense witness Lewis Kliem [sp?], who was on the stand friday. he is the 12th defense witness to testify. Kleim [sp?] is with force science institute, which analyses [sp.] use of force cases. prosecutor Chris Becker asks about foot pursuit policies, and whether it is prudent to chase a suspect for offenses ranging from curfew violations to felony offenses.”

--GRA