Former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr is charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of Black motorist Patrick Lyoya in April 2022.

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.

There’s no question about how Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, was killed.Lyoya was fatally shot in the back of the head while on the ground by a Michigan police officer, who was subsequently charged with second-degree murder.