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Chaos, Seconds, and a Fatal Shot
On a chaotic night at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront in March 2021, three shootings erupted within minutes. Amid sirens, crowds fleeing, and police rushing toward gunfire, Officer Solomon Simmons encountered 25-year-old Donovon Lynch — an innocent bystander walking back to his car. Seconds later Lynch was dead. Five years later, critical questions remain about what really happened in those final moments.