Donovon Lynch S Family Sue Virginia Beach For 50M After Fatal Police Shooting
Lynch’s shooting drew national attention earlier after his cousin, musician Pharrell Williams, called for transparency in a since-deleted Instagram post. At the time, Virginia Beach police said 25-year-old Lynch had been brandishing a handgun when an officer shot him. But no footage of the shooting was captured as the officer’s body camera was not activated at the time. Lawyers for Lynch’s father Wayne Lynch, the administrator of his estate, say the civil rights lawsuit they filed provides additional context around the shooting and the police response, as well as naming the officer involved for the first time as Solomon Simmons....