Patrick Lyoya shooting: Michigan officer who killed Black man fired from his job

Officers in Grand Rapids, a city with about 200,000 residents that sits 160 miles west of Detroit, have civil service protections, meaning they typically cannot be fired immediately, even for egregious reasons.

After reviewing the video and consulting use-of-force experts from outside Michigan, prosecutors on 9 June charged Schurr with murder.

The police chief of Grand Rapids, Eric Winstrom, had just started his job early in March.

Schurr faces up to life in prison if eventually convicted of murdering Lyoya. He entered a plea of not guilty the day after he was charged, and he was out of jail on a $100,000 bond at the time of his firing from the police force.