LEXINGTON, Mich.—Police in Grand Rapids are on high alert as local businesses are boarding up their shops and sending employees home ahead of a release of a video of an officer-involved shooting.
The April 4 shooting occurred after Patrick Lyoya, 26, of Grand Rapids attempted to run away from what police officials said was “a traffic stop.”
Police Chief Eric Winstrom said Lyoya began what he called a “lengthy” fight with the officer, resulting in Lyoya being fatally shot.
Kent County Commissioner Robert S. Womack disagrees with the police department’s version of events, saying in a Facebook post, “The claim that Patrick died in direct combat and was shot to stop him fighting is a lie…This is murder. The officials know it…The officer needs to be fired and charged.”
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