For Immediate Release: December 21, 2022
[Update] Officer-Involved Shooting
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Officer Joshua Foster, assigned to Patrol Operations, is the officer who fired his department handgun in this incident. Officer Foster is a 3-year veteran of the Lynchburg Police Department (LPD).
Per LPD policy, Officer Foster remains in a non-enforcement, limited-duty assignment.
This is an ongoing investigation. Any additional information will be released as an update to this news release.