VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Nearly five years removed from the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Donovon Lynch at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, the city’s Independent Citizen Review Board (ICRB) is looking into whether or not the internal affairs investigation reached the right conclusion.
A preliminary hearing was held Wednesday night by the city council-appointed board to determine whether or not the internal affairs investigation was conducted properly by the Virginia Beach Police Department.
Lynch was shot and killed by a police officer during a chaotic night at the Oceanfront in March 2021. The body camera of the officer, Solomon Simmons, was turned off at the time, but Simmons claimed he acted in self-defense and that Lynch was holding a gun and turning in his direction. A grand jury declined to indict Simmons, and the city settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Lynch’s family, originally asking for $50 million, for $3 million…