Dustin Dwyer

Grand Rapids

Reporter at WUOM-FM (Ann Arbor, MI)

Radio person for @NPR, @MichiganRadio, @Niemanfdn class of 2018. Contact: [email protected]

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Mistrial: Jury deadlocked in former GRPD officer Schurr trial

1 week ago | wkar.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey J. Smith |Michelle Jokisch Polo |April Van Buren

The jury confirmed to a judge Thursday morning that it was unable to reach an agreement on a verdict in the Christopher Schurr trial. Schurr faced a second-degree murder charge for the death of Patrick Lyoya. The jury began deliberating Monday, May 5. The next day, jurors told the judge they'd reached a deadlock. But 17th Circuit Court Judge Christina Mims told them to keep working towards a verdict. On Thursday she accepted the jury was deadlocked and said she'd declare a mistrial.
Mistrial: Jury deadlocked in former GRPD officer Schurr trial

1 week ago | wvpe.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey Smith |Michelle Jokisch Polo |April Van Buren

The jury confirmed to a judge Thursday morning that it was unable to reach an agreement on a verdict in the Christopher Schurr trial. Schurr faced a second-degree murder charge for the death of Patrick Lyoya. The jury began deliberating Monday, May 5. The next day, jurors told the judge they'd reached a deadlock. But 17th Circuit Court Judge Christina Mims told them to keep working towards a verdict. On Thursday she accepted the jury was deadlocked and said she'd declare a mistrial.
Mistrial: Jury deadlocked in former GRPD officer Schurr trial

1 week ago | michiganpublic.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey Smith

The jury confirmed to a judge Thursday morning that it was unable to reach an agreement on a verdict in the Christopher Schurr trial. He faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of Patrick Lyoya. The jury began deliberating Monday, May 5. The next day, jurors told the judge they'd reached a deadlock. But 17th Circuit Court judge Christina Mims told them to keep working towards a verdict. Today she accepted the jury was deadlocked and said she'd declare a mistrial.
Mistrial: Jury deadlocked in former GRPD officer Schurr trial

1 week ago | interlochenpublicradio.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey Smith |Michelle Jokisch Polo |April Van Buren

The jury confirmed to a judge Thursday morning that it was unable to reach an agreement on a verdict in the Christopher Schurr trial. Schurr faced a second-degree murder charge for the death of Patrick Lyoya. The jury began deliberating Monday, May 5. The next day, jurors told the judge they'd reached a deadlock. But 17th Circuit Court Judge Christina Mims told them to keep working towards a verdict. On Thursday she accepted the jury was deadlocked and said she'd declare a mistrial.
Jury says they're deadlocked in police murder trial, judge tells them to keep trying

1 week ago | michiganpublic.org | Dustin Dwyer

Jurors in the murder trial of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr told a judge Wednesday that they have been unable to reach agreement on a verdict. 17th Circuit Court Christina Mims told them that they should keep trying.
Jury deliberations begin in former GRPD officer murder case

1 week ago | wkar.org | Dustin Dwyer

Jury deliberations are now underway in the murder trial of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. Schurr is facing second-degree murder charges for shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head following a struggle during a traffic stop. Jurors will also be allowed to convict him of the lesser charge, voluntary manslaughter. Defense attorneys argued Lyoya was holding Schurr’s taser when he was shot.
Jury deliberations begin in former GRPD officer murder case

1 week ago | michiganpublic.org | Dustin Dwyer

Jury deliberations are now underway in the murder trial of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. Schurr is facing second-degree murder charges for shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head following a struggle during a traffic stop. Jurors will also be allowed to convict him of the lesser charge, voluntary manslaughter. Defense attorneys argued Lyoya was holding Schurr’s taser when he was shot.
Schurr takes stand in his defense, tells jurors he feared for his life

1 week ago | wvpe.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey Smith

Christopher Schurr took the stand in his own defense Friday morning in a Kent County courtroom. It's the first time the former Grand Rapids police officer has spoken publicly about how he shot and killed Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop in 2022. Schurr is charged with second degree murder and was fired from the police force. He told jurors he was exhausted and “running on fumes” after a foot chase and a struggle with Lyoya over his taser.
Schurr takes stand in his defense, tells jurors he feared for his life

1 week ago | wkar.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey J. Smith

Christopher Schurr took the stand in his own defense Friday morning in a Kent County courtroom. It's the first time the former Grand Rapids police officer has spoken publicly about how he shot and killed Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop in 2022. Schurr is charged with second degree murder and was fired from the police force. He told jurors he was exhausted and “running on fumes” after a foot chase and a struggle with Lyoya over his taser.
Kent County judge denies former GRPD officer's request for mistrial

2 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Dustin Dwyer

A Kent County judge shot down a motion for a mistrial Wednesday morning on the third day of the murder trial for former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. Schurr is facing a charge of second-degree murder for shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head during a traffic stop on April 4, 2022. Jurors in the case had been told to expect up to two weeks of testimony, but the case appears to be moving more quickly than expected, as prosecutors rested their case on the trial’s third day.