A Grand Rapids police officer shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, 26, during a traffic stop earlier this week. Hundreds of people joined the Lyoya family urging police to release bodycam and dashcam footage of the shooting. The officer,
Highlights
- Hundreds of people join the Lyoya family urging police to release bodycam and dashcam footage.
- Patrick Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed by a Grand Rapids police officer during a traffic stop earlier this week.
- The officer, who is white, was placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
- Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom committed to releasing the video by noon on Friday, April 15.
- The shooting occurred on April 4, when an officer conducted a. traffic stop on a vehicle with a. license plate that was not registered to it.
- A fight ensued, police said, that ended when the officer fired his weapon and killed Lyoya.