Lawyers for the family of Patrick Lyoya say an independent autopsy confirms that the Black man was fatally shot in the head by a Michigan police officer.
The result was released at a news conference Tuesday. It confirms what seems clear on video: The 26-year-old Lyoya was on the ground when he was shot in the back of the head by a Grand Rapids officer. Lyoya was not armed.
Attorney Ben Crump says the officer failed to ease up after a foot chase and physical struggle following a traffic stop in Grand Rapids on April 4. The autopsy was performed by Dr. Werner Spitz, a former Detroit-area medical examiner. Results of the official autopsy haven’t been publicly released.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.in western Michigan, said they will release results from an independent autopsy Tuesday.
Video from a bystander shows Lyoya, who was not armed, was on the ground when he was shot in the head during a struggle with a white Grand Rapids officer on April 4. The official autopsy report is being shared with state police and won’t immediately be released to the public. But a separate autopsy was performed by Dr. Werner Spitz, a 95-year-old forensic pathologist who worked on investigations following the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., among other high-profile cases. He’s a former medical examiner in the Detroit area.
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