GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A federal judge dismissed the city of Grand Rapids City as a defendant in a lawsuit filed after one of its police officers shot and killed a motorist during a traffic stop in April 2022.

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Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer who shot 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya when he feared for his life during a traffic stop, remains as a defendant in the lawsuit. Lyoya’s family is seeking $100 million in the lawsuit they filed in December. Schurr is facing second degree murder charges.

U.S. District Court Judge Paul Mahoney wrote that the lawyers representing the Lyoya family did not show a solid connection between inadequate police training for Schurr by the city and the events of April 2022. In addition, the Judge Mahoney stated attorneys failed to show a link between claims of racial discrimination in the department and Lyoya’s death.

Schurr said he pulled over Lyoya after his license plates and vehicle did not match. When Schurr tried to arrest him, he said Lyoya resisted arrest, and body camera footage shows the two struggling. Schurr maintains Lyoya reached for the officers taser. There’s never been a question whether Schurr shot Lyoya. Later, toxicology reports showed Lyoya’s blood alcohol level measured at three-times the legal limit.