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In the East New York section of Brooklyn, 23-year-old Kennedy Joseph Noel, a male, was an emerging rapper known by his stage name KJ Balla. His life was cut short on the night of May 22, 2020, in a drive-by shooting. The incident occurred just a mile from his home on Bradford Street near New Lots Avenue. Noel was struck in the chest and rushed to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Another 26-year-old man who was with him at the time was also shot and inju ...Read More
Victim Details

Kennedy Joseph Noel aka KJ Balla

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2020-05-22

23

Kennedy

Joseph Noel

01/12/2026