Businesses Boarded Up, Workers Sent Home as Grand Rapids Braces for Release of Video of Fatal Police-Involved Shooting

Demonstrators gather for a rally in memory of George Floyd and Daunte Wright outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, Minn., on April 18, 2021. John Minchillo/AP Photo

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.”