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Correction: Police-Shooting-Michigan-Race story

Apr 2, 2023, 6:44 AM | Updated: Apr 3, 2023, 10:08 am

In a story published April 2, 2023, about police reforms in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a year after a Black man was shot and killed during a traffic stop, The Associated Press erroneously reported where the victim, Patrick Lyoya, was born. It was Congo, not Nigeria.

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Correction: Police-Shooting-Michigan-Race story