Grand Rapids police officer charged with 2nd-degree murder in Patrick Lyoya shooting
Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr has been booked into the Calhoun County Jail Thursday (June 9) night after he was charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya.Schurr is expected to face a judge Friday (June 10).
Patrick Lyoyaโs father reacts to decision to charge Grand Rapids officer with 2nd-degree murder
Patrick Lyoyaโs father Peter Lyoya reacted to Kent County Prosecutor Chris Beckerโs decision to charge Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr with second-degree murder Thursday (June 9) afternoon.
Michigan man charged in fire that killed wife, 3 kids
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. โ A man was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in a house fire that killed his wife and three children in western Michigan. Robert Scales, 38, has said he was at work when the fire occurred in Grand Rapids in February. Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker declined to discuss the case in detail but said there's no evidence that the fire was intentionally set. The fire victims were Xavier Woldeab, 15, Elijah Scales, 10, Robert Scales Jr., 14, and Wanedia Scales, 35. There was nothing I could do at that point," Robert Scales told WOOD-TV after the fire.