A grand jury has found that a Virginia Beach police officer was justified in fatally shooting a Black man armed with a gun during a chaotic night of violence on the city’s oceanfront.
The death of Donovon Lynch has drawn heightened scrutiny because he is a cousin of Grammy-winning musician Pharrell Williams.
Lynch’s father also filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit.
The city’s prosecutors said Tuesday that Officer Solomon Simmons was justified in protecting himself and others in the late March shooting.
They said Lynch racked a round into his handgun’s chamber and pointed his weapon toward a parking lot filled with multiple people and police.
The prosecutors also said that Lynch began to turn toward Simmons.
SOURCE: The Associated Press, Ben Finley
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