Lyoya, who was not armed, was killed after a traffic stop in western Michigan on April 4.
An independent autopsy confirms that Patrick Lyoya was by a Michigan police officer while face down on the ground, lawyers for the Black man’s family said Tuesday. The finding by a former Detroit-area medical examiner matches what was seen last week on video released by the Grand Rapids police chief. The official autopsy report hasn’t been released to the public. „There’s no question what killed this young man…. It was a powerful bullet,“ said Dr. Werner Spitz, holding a skull at a news conference to show where the bullet entered the head. Spitz said he believes the gun was pressed against Lyoya’s head when the officer fired. Lyoya was killed after a traffic stop in western Michigan on April 4. He and the White officer physically struggled on the ground before the 26-year-old refugee from Congo was shot. Lyoya wasn’t armed. The officer was on top of him and can be heard on video demanding that he take his hand off a police Taser.
