Johnny L. Bell, 28, was fatally shot in Norfolk just before dawn on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Police were called for a gunshot victim in the 3000 block of Beachmont Avenue at about 12:50 a.m.; first responders found Bell suffering from a significant gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was born in Norfolk on May 11, 1993, and was a father to a daughter and a son.

The Norfolk Police Department classified the death as a homicide and opened an immediate investigation. No motive or suspects have been publicly released, and no arrests have been announced. The case remains open as detectives continue to seek information about what happened that early Tuesday morning.

If anyone has information about Johnny Bell’s death or saw activity in the Beachmont Avenue area that night, please contact the Norfolk Police Department.