VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A criminal justice expert who investigates shootings by police officers and testified in the case involving 25-year-old Donovon Lynch, who was shot and killed March 26, 2021 by a Virginia Beach Police officer, said that officer never identified himself to Lynch and that Lynch, when he was shot, was not facing the officer.
This comes as Lynch’s case is slated to be heard by the Virginia Beach Independent Citizen Review Board, established to review citizen complaints against the police department. The city, however, said a hearing date has not yet been determined.
Only on 10, Dr. Darrin Porcher, a retired New York Police Department lieutenant, outlines what he found to be true in the Lynch case on what has been described as a chaotic scene at the Oceanfront. After Porcher testified, the city of Virginia Beach settled with the Lynch family for $3 million.
Porcher said that, at the time Lynch was shot, he was facing away from Virginia Beach Police Officer Solomon Simmons.