A young man is murdered while working at a sub shop On a Sunday evening in November of 1991, a 22-year-old white male named Lee Allen Navarro was working alone at the Zero's Sub Shop in the Birchwood Shopping Center on Virginia Beach Boulevard. The solitude of his shift was shattered when he was fatally shot in the chest. The discovery was made around 7:45 p.m. by potential customers who entered the sub shop to find Mr. Navarro gravely wounded.
Emergency services were promptly called to the scene.
Police and rescue units responded, and Mr. Navarro was transported to Virginia Beach General Hospital. Despite the efforts of medical personnel, he succumbed to his injuries. His body was then taken to the State Medical Examiner's Office, where an autopsy confirmed the cause of death as a gunshot wound and the manner of death was officially ruled a homicide.
The investigation into the murder of Lee Allen Navarro remains an active cold case with the Virginia Beach Police Department. In the years following his death, no suspects have been publicly identified, and no arrests have been made in connection with the crime. Information regarding the motive for the shooting or any potential leads in the investigation has not been released to the public. The case is a somber reminder of a life cut short and a crime that continues to be unsolved.
