
Pharrell says his cousin was shot and killed by Virginia police
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Pharrell Williams said on Monday that his cousin was killed by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia, last week. The Virginia Beach police said Williams' cousin was brandishing a handgun, and the city's police chief announced Tuesday he asked the Virginia State Police to investigate the shooting.
Williams' cousin, 25-year-old Donovon W. Lynch, was shot and killed by a Virginia Beach police officer in one of three separate incidents late Friday night. In one of the other shootings, 28-year-old Deshayla E. Harris was also killed, and investigators believe she was hit by stray gunfire, Chief Paul Neudigate told reporters Monday. The Grammy-winning artist tweeted that the loss of these lives is a "tragedy beyond measure."More Related News

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