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Joseph Kelly

Case from Virginia-beach, VA dated May 16, 1975

Victim Details

Joseph J. Kelly

Male

White / Caucasian

Virginia-beach

VA

1975-05-16

20

Joseph

Kelly

06/26/2026

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In the early moments of a spring day, just minutes after midnight on Friday, May 16, 1975, the sound of gunfire broke the quiet in the 200 block of 10th Street in Virginia Beach. When police arrived, they found a young man, Joseph J. Kelly, suffering from a gunshot wound. The 20-year-old was rushed to Virginia Beach General Hospital, but his injury proved to be fatal.

Kelly, a male serving in the U.S. Navy and stationed at Dam Neck Naval Base, had his life cut short in an act of violence ...
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  • Joseph J. Kelly, age 20 - National Gun Violence Memorial
  • Cold Case Homicide Unit - Virginia Beach Police Department
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