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No charges for officer in death of Michigan teen struck by police car during chase

A prosecutor has declined to file charges against a police officer who struck and killed a western Michigan teenager while the boy was running from a stolen vehicle

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Experts: Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya did not follow training, police standards

DETROIT — Two police experts for the family of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man killed by a White Grand Rapids police officer last year, have said the officer's conduct violated his training and acceptable police standards, according to affidavits submitted in federal court in a lawsuit against the officer and…

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Judge: Oxford Schools, staff immune from shooting lawsuits

A Michigan judge has ruled that staff and administrators at Oxford High School cannot be sued for a mass shooting that left four students dead and seven others wounded

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Michigan judge rules Oxford school district has immunity, can't be sued

DETROIT — The Oxford school district and its employees have government immunity and can’t be sued in the November 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School that killed four students and injured seven others, an Oakland County judge ruled late Friday.

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Family sues over police killing of Black Michigan motorist

Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who was shot and killed by a white police officer during a traffic stop in Michigan's second-largest city, Grand Rapids, say the officer had no reason to pull him over

The Independent UK

Family of Patrick Lyoya suing city of Grand Rapids, former police officer for $100 million in shooting death

DETROIT — The family of a Black immigrant who was fatally shot in April has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $100 million against the city of Grand Rapids and former Grand Rapids police Officer Christopher Schurr.

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Ex-officer had 'physical control' of Lyoya, witness says in preliminary exam of killing

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids resident who witnessed the April altercation between former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr and Patrick Lyoya said Thursday that Schurr had "physical control" when they were wrestling before Lyoya was shot.

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Details emerge about how shooter obtained gun used in Oxford rampage

PONTIAC, Mich. — Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty Monday to 24 charges related to the Nov. 30 Oxford High School mass shooting that killed four students and wounded seven other people and for the first time revealed key details about the gun he used in the rampage, a development that could…

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Emotions run high as Ethan Crumbley pleads guilty in Michigan school shooting

PONTIAC, Mich. — A stoic Ethan Crumbley admitted to an Oakland County judge Monday that he went on a shooting rampage in Oxford High School last year that left four of his classmates dead and seven others wounded, prompting emotional responses from victims' families in the courtroom.

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Ethan Crumbley has pleaded guilty to murdering 4 students at a Michigan school

The 16-year-old pleaded guilty to all 24 charges, nearly a year after the attack at Oxford High School in southeastern Michigan. He withdrew his intent to pursue an insanity defense.

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Michigan teen pleads guilty to killing 4 in school shooting

A teenager has pleaded guilty to terrorism and first-degree murder in a Michigan school shooting

The Independent UK

Lawyer claims Michigan school shooting suspect showed violent warning signs months before massacre

The attorney claims the school ignored obvious warning signs

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Attorney for students killed at Oxford High School says signs showed Ethan Crumbley was 'troubled'

DETROIT — An attorney representing families of four students slain and others wounded in the Nov. 30 Oxford High School shooting said Thursday the 15-year-old shooter did show troubling signs that were noted to school officials.

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Lawyer: Teen a worry months before Michigan school shooting

A lawyer representing families of victims of a Michigan high school shooting says some teachers and a counselor were aware of the suspect's troubling behavior months before the mass shooting last fall

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Man paralysed by police taser while begging for money is awarded $100m in compensation

Jerry Blasingame was left paralysed and requiring round-the-clock care after suffering severe spinal cord injuries

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Security guard added to Oxford school shooting lawsuit, judge rules

DETROIT — An Oakland County Circuit Court judge granted a request Wednesday on behalf of parents suing the Oxford Community Schools to add new allegations that an armed security guard at the high school could have prevented at least one student's death during the November mass shooting.

The Independent UK

Attorney: Security guard didn't try to stop school shooting

An attorney suing a Michigan school district following a mass shooting at its high school says an armed security officer told investigators she thought the active shooting was a drill and that one of the bleeding students simply was wearing “really good makeup.”

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Judge orders Oxford schools to comply with depositions in civil suit over shootings

PONTIAC, Mich. – An Oakland Circuit judge ordered the attorney for the Oxford School District Wednesday to comply with a request for depositions in a civil lawsuit stemming from the Nov. 30 high school shooting in which four students died and seven others were wounded.

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Judge orders Oxford shooting video released; prosecutor seeks to intervene

PONTIAC, Mich. — The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday it will seek to intervene in a civil lawsuit after a judge ordered the release of all evidence contained in the Oakland County Sheriff Office’s file relating to the Nov. 30 Oxford High School shooting, including surveillance footage.

The Independent UK

Victim’s parents sue school district over Oxford, Michigan shooting

‘We deserve to know what the hell went wrong for something like this to happen,’ says Craig Shilling, whose son was killed in the school shooting last year

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Federal lawsuit accuses Oxford schools of violating its own policies, state law

DETROIT — The family of an Oxford High senior who died in the mass shooting last fall has filed a lawsuit against Oxford Community Schools and alleges the district violated its own policies and state law in handling concerns about the former student accused of killing four classmates.

The Independent UK

Patrick Lyoya killed by shot to the head from police, autopsy confirms

An official autopsy has concluded that Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was killed by a Michigan police officer, died from a gunshot to the back of his head

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Autopsy: Patrick Lyoya killed by cop's shot to the head

An official autopsy has concluded that Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was killed by a Michigan police officer, died from a gunshot to the back of his head

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Police release name of Grand Rapids officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom on Monday released the name of the officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya on April 4.

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Attorney Crump accuses officer of racial profiling of Lyoya; results of independent autopsy released

DETROIT — Attorneys for Patrick Lyoya's family said Tuesday the 26-year-old's death appears to be a “classic” case of Lyoya being targeted for a “driving while Black" traffic stop.

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