Ken Kolker
Reporter at WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)
A reporter at WOOD TV8, NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich. Worked 30 years at Grand Rapids Press and Saginaw News.
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5 days ago |
woodtv.com | Ken Kolker |Katie Rosendale
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Jury selection is set to continue Wednesday in the trial of Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer charged with killing Patrick Lyoya in 2022. The judge and attorneys spent Tuesday questioning prospective jurors, most of whom were familiar with the case. Some had seen the video leading up to the moment of the shooting. One said she researched it just days ago on Wikipedia and also watched the video.
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1 week ago |
woodtv.com | Ken Kolker
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The lead defense attorney for Christopher Schurr says he is considering putting the former Grand Rapids police officer on the witness stand in his trial later this month in the death of Patrick Lyoya. Testifying in his own defense, the attorney said, could be the best way to prove that Schurr was in fear of his life that morning. “It’s really a self-defense case; it’s not a whodunit,” defense attorney Matthew Borgula said.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Ken Kolker
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The lead defense attorney for Christopher Schurr says he is considering putting the former Grand Rapids police officer on the witness stand in his trial later this month in the death of Patrick Lyoya. Testifying in his own defense, the attorney said, could be the best way to prove that Schurr was in fear of his life that morning. “It’s really a self-defense case; it’s not a whodunit,” defense attorney Matthew Borgula said.
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1 week ago |
woodtv.com | Ken Kolker
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The father and uncle of a security guard shot and killed late Saturday at a bar say they were also working security that night and heard the fatal shot. The victim, Montine Wiley Jr., 27, was an anti-gun violence advocate in the city. He collapsed in his uncle’s arms.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Ken Kolker
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The father and uncle of a security guard shot and killed late Saturday at a bar say they were also working security that night and heard the fatal shot. The victim, Montine Wiley Jr., 27, was an anti-gun violence advocate in the city. He collapsed in his uncle’s arms.
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