Christopher Schurr's name was made public three weeks after he was seen on video shooting Lyoya in the back of the head and days after his funeral, where Al Sharpton and other activists demanded it be released.
has been with the Grand Rapids department for seven years, after starring as a pole vaulter at a small college and marrying his longtime girlfriend during a church mission trip to Africa.his face was seen in videos of the April 4 confrontation
Lyoya's family wants Schurr fired and charged. Prosecutor Chris Becker said he's waiting for the state police report. Schurr, 31, grew up in Byron Center, just south of Grand Rapids, and joined the police in 2015 after attending Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, where he studied accounting and was a star pole vaulter.
"We're going to do a wedding their style," Schurr told the magazine."I have an African outfit already and my fiancee will pick out some fabric and she'll make a Kenyan-style dress." The police department's decision to reveal Schurr's name was a reversal. After the release of video of the shooting, Winstrom insisted he would withhold the officer's name unless he was charged with a crime. It was described as a long-standing practice that applied to the public as well as city employees.
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