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Joelle Clesca

Case from Charlotte, NC dated Oct 12, 2025

Victim Details

Joelle Clesca

Male

Black / African American

Charlotte

NC

2025-10-12

19

Joelle

Clesca

06/26/2026

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Joelle J’Sean “JoJo” Clesca, 19, was shot and killed on the evening of October 12, 2025, inside a Wingstop on Beatties Ford Road in northwest Charlotte. Police were called just after 7 p.m. and arrived to find a male victim dead from gunshot wounds; he was soon identified as Joelle Clesca of Charlotte.

In the days that followed, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department made a series of arrests. On October 14, officers arrested 20-year-old Santario Lavarius Turner and charged him ...
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  • WSOC TV: Third suspect arrested in deadly northwest Charlotte Wingstop shooting
  • DOOR DASH DRIVERS ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH MURDERING MAN AT WING STOP | CHARLOTTE ALERTS NEWS
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    I've been following the case of Joelle J’Sean “JoJo” Clesca, and something th... ...Read More
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about the vigil for JoJo and how it brought the community together in suc... ...Read More
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