DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya after a traffic stop pressed the gun against his head when firing the fatal shot, an expert who performed an independent autopsy for the Black man’s family said Tuesday.
Highlights
- Forensic pathologist Dr.
- Werner Spitz performed the autopsy last weekend at a funeral home.
- The 95-year-old forensic pathologist participated in the assassination investigations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., among other high-profile cases.
- The official autopsy report is part of the state police investigation and hasn’t been released to the public.
- Video shows Patrick Lyoya, 26, was shot in the back of the head while facedown on the ground during a struggle with a white Grand Rapids officer on April 4.
- The officer was on top of him and can be heard on video demanding that he take his hand off a Taser.